Lauderdale County is located in the northwestern corner of Alabama. It is a heavily rural area and its politics tend to lean conservative. Local politics in Lauderdale County are dominated by the Republican Party, with many of their policies focusing on strengthening family values and encouraging small business growth while limiting government intervention. The county is represented by two members in the Alabama Senate and House of Representatives, both of whom are Republicans. They work together with local business leaders and elected officials to enact initiatives that benefit all constituents of Lauderdale County. As a mostly rural area, Lauderdale County’s population tends to be less diverse than other areas in Alabama, which often leads to more conservative policies being passed at the local level.
The political climate in Lauderdale County, AL is very conservative.
In Lauderdale County, AL 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lauderdale county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.9%.
Lauderdale county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lauderdale County, AL is very conservative.
Florence-Muscle Shoals Metro Area is very conservative.
Alabama is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lauderdale, Alabama: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lauderdale County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,434 contributions totaling $126,531 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 955 contributions totaling $252,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)