The Auburn-Opelika Metro Area is a politically active area. Every year local elections draw attention from the community, with local politicians vying for their vote. The city council consists of 7 members, elected at large in rotating terms over a 3 year period. In addition to the council members, there are several mayors that oversee various aspects of the cities’ government. The mayors are responsible for managing funds, advocating for the citizens’ rights and leading decision making processes in the area. Furthermore, there are many organizations and initiatives that help advocate for important political issues in the community. These organizations focus on improving educational opportunities, increasing access to healthcare and creating an environment where all citizens feel safe and respected.
The political climate in Auburn-Opelika Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Auburn-Opelika Metro Area 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, the Auburn-Opelika metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 39.0%.
The Auburn-Opelika metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Auburn-Opelika, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Auburn-Opelika Metro Area
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)