Opelika, AL is a small city located in Lee County with a population of approximately 28,635. It is the home of Auburn University and there are several important local issues that come up each election cycle for residents to consider when voting. The most recent elections saw candidates vying for seats on both the Opelika City Council and Opelika School Board. Each candidate offered unique perspectives and visions for the future of the city and its schools. Candidates discussed topics such as improving infrastructure, increasing public safety, ensuring quality education, promoting economic development, and responding to housing needs. Residents had many opportunities to engage with candidates from their community throughout the election season in order to make an informed decision when it came time to vote. Ultimately, 36804 Opelika residents had a chance to make their voices heard on important local issues that will shape their community's future.
The political climate in Zip 36804 (Opelika, AL) is moderately conservative.
Lee County, AL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, AL 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, Lee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 39.0%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36804 (Opelika, AL) is moderately conservative.
Opelika, Alabama is moderately conservative.
Lee County, Alabama is moderately conservative.
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.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 36804 (Opelika)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $935 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $24,858 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)