Lawrence County, AL is a rural county with a population of just over 34,000 people. It has a long history of politics that dates back to its founding in 1818. The county is represented by five commissioners who are all elected to serve four-year terms. All five commissioners are part of the Republican Party and it is currently chaired by Commissioner Tom Godsey. There are also several local offices such as the Sheriff, Clerk, Tax Assessor/Collector, District Attorney, and Coroner that are all filled by elections as well. Lawrence County also participates in presidential elections every four years and has traditionally voted red for many decades. Each election season brings out passionate citizens determined to make their voices heard through their votes for their desired candidates.
The political climate in Lawrence County, AL is very conservative.
In Lawrence County, AL 22.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 22.2%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lawrence County, AL is very conservative.
Decatur 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.
Lawrence, Alabama: d 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 Lawrence County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95 contributions totaling $28,683 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $53,154 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $454 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)