Samson, AL is a small town located in Geneva County with a population of about 2,388 people. The city has a mayor-council type of government, and the current mayor is Jeff McLendon. The town council consists of five members who work together to make decisions about local laws and policies. As for political parties, Samson is mainly affiliated with the Republican party, but there are also other minor parties such as the Libertarian and Constitutional Parties. Politics in the town revolves around issues such as economic growth, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and education. Local politicians often focus on their own community’s specific needs while balancing that with broader state and federal interests. With a focus on collaboration between elected officials from both sides of the aisle, Samson strives to provide its citizens with an environment where everyone can thrive regardless of political affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 36477 (Samson, AL) is strongly conservative.
Geneva County, AL is very conservative. In Geneva County, AL 12.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Geneva county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.5% to 12.7%.
Geneva county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36477 (Samson, AL) is strongly conservative.
Samson, Alabama is strongly conservative.
Geneva County, Alabama is very conservative.
Dothan Metro Area is very 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.
Samson, 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 36477 (Samson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $32,837 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $966 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)