Lee County, AL is a rural county located in the southeastern region of Alabama. The county has a strong history of conservative politics and is currently represented by Republican candidates in both state and federal offices. In Lee County, there are several local political organizations that are actively engaged in advocating for their causes and working to elect candidates who share their beliefs. These organizations include the Lee County Republican Party, the Lee County Tea Party, and the Lee County Conservative Coalition. Each organization works diligently to ensure that its preferred candidates are elected and that their values are represented in the county's political discourse. With numerous grassroots groups advocating for their interests, residents of Lee County have a wealth of options when it comes to voicing their opinions on local politics.
The political climate in Lee County, AL is moderately conservative.
In Lee County, AL 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 39.0%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lee County, AL is moderately conservative.
Auburn-Opelika Metro Area is moderately 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.
Lee, 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 Lee County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,715 contributions totaling $339,194 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,258 contributions totaling $323,534 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)