Pickens County, Alabama is a rural county located in the southwest portion of the state. It is largely agricultural and its main industries are farming and timber production. Despite its rural appeal, Pickens County also has an active political scene with numerous local candidates vying for elected office from city council to state legislature. While its population is small compared to other counties, Pickens County residents are passionate about their governmental representation and take their duty as citizens seriously by participating in local elections and engaging in civic discourse. Residents of Pickens County take pride in having representatives who are socially progressive and fiscally responsible, while still maintaining a commitment to protecting the values that make the county unique.
The political climate in Pickens County, AL is somewhat conservative.
In Pickens County, AL 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pickens county remained very strongly Republican, 57.9% to 41.6%.
Pickens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pickens County, AL is somewhat conservative.
Tuscaloosa Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Pickens, 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 Pickens County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $4,920 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $16,487 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)