Macon County, Alabama is a rural area in the state of Alabama. It has an active political scene with county-level elections held every four years. Macon County is served by a five-member elected board of county commissioners that serve for four-year terms. In addition to the elected board, there are also several other offices and boards including sheriff, district attorney, and circuit clerk. The county provides many services to residents such as education, public safety, and clean water. Macon County citizens have the opportunity to participate in local politics by voting in elections for their chosen representatives and attending various meetings and hearings concerning local issues. Community members can also engage with local politicians directly by attending town hall meetings or by writing letters to their representatives expressing their views on different topics. With its vibrant political atmosphere, Macon County provides its citizens with the chance to get involved in local politics and be part of the decision-making process that shapes their community's future.
The political climate in Macon County, AL is very liberal.
In Macon County, AL 81.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macon county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 81.5% to 17.7%.
Macon county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Macon County, AL is very liberal.
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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.
Macon, Alabama: D D D D D D
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 Macon County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 342 contributions totaling $27,349 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $10,799 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)