The Troy, AL Metro Area is an important region in the state of Alabama. It is home to a diverse population of different backgrounds and cultures, and has a strong local economy with many small businesses. Politically speaking, Troy is part of the 2nd Congressional district in Alabama and is represented by Martha Roby in the U.S. House of Representatives. At the state level, Troy's representative in the Alabama House of Representatives is Reed Ingram. Both Roby and Ingram are members of the Republican Party and advocate for conservative causes such as fiscal responsibility, lower taxes, and limited government intervention into business matters. Additionally, there are numerous city councils and other governing bodies that help manage local affairs in Troy. The municipal governments are responsible for providing essential services like public safety, infrastructure maintenance/improvement, parks & recreation, zoning regulations, and more. Through these entities citizens can make sure their voices are heard when it comes to important issues facing their community.
The political climate in Troy Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Troy Metro Area 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Troy metro area remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 40.7%.
The Troy metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Troy 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.
Troy, 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 Troy Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 88 contributions totaling $12,133 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 267 contributions totaling $78,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)