Ariton, AL is a small town located in Dale County with a population of only 812 people. Despite its small size, Ariton has an active and involved political climate. The town holds elections every four years for mayor and city council members to manage the local government. The most recent election was held in November 2020 where current mayor, Larry Smith was re-elected with 71% of the votes cast. Additionally, three new city council members were elected to serve on the Ariton City Council. These individuals are dedicated to serving the needs of their community and ensuring that all decisions are in the best interest of the citizens of Ariton. The local political candidates seek to make sure that their constituents' voices are heard and that their opinions are taken into account when making important decisions for the town.
The political climate in Zip 36311 (Ariton, AL) is very conservative.
Dale County, AL is very conservative. In Dale County, AL 26.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dale county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 26.2%.
Dale county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36311 (Ariton, AL) is very conservative.
Ariton, Alabama is very conservative.
Dale County, Alabama is very conservative.
Ozark 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.
Ariton, 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 36311 (Ariton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $382 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $382 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $4,263 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)