Montgomery County, Alabama is a county with a strong political presence. The county has two major political parties – the Republican and Democratic Party. The people of Montgomery County are passionate about their political views and take their voting seriously. Each election cycle brings out a robust turnout of voters to decide who will represent them in local government. Local elections are often fought hard by both parties and citizens have many choices for who they wish to vote for. Candidates running for office must be well-prepared to win the support of their constituents by presenting their plans and policies in convincing manner. It is no surprise that Montgomery County residents are engaged when it comes to politics, as they strive to make progress in the community.
The political climate in Montgomery County, AL is strongly liberal.
In Montgomery County, AL 65.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.1% to 33.6%.
Montgomery county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montgomery County, AL is strongly liberal.
Montgomery Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Montgomery, 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 Montgomery County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,940 contributions totaling $838,239 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,502 contributions totaling $3,394,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $969 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)