Butler, AL is a small town located in Choctaw County with a population of around 1,400 people. Although it is a small community, it still places importance on its local politics. Every year the citizens of Butler elect their local government officials to represent them and their needs. The current mayor of Butler is John Dunn and he has been in office since 2012. He works closely with the town council members to ensure that the citizens’ needs are met and that Butler remains a safe, tight-knit community. Every spring there is an election for 3 city council seats and candidates must be residents of Butler in order to qualify for candidacy. The elections are hotly contested due to the tight-knit nature of the community and it can often become a divisive issue among the locals.
The political climate in Zip 36904 (Butler, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Choctaw County, AL is somewhat conservative. In Choctaw County, AL 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Choctaw county remained very strongly Republican, 57.6% to 41.9%.
Choctaw county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36904 (Butler, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Butler, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Choctaw County, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Butler, Alabama: d 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 36904 (Butler)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $2,737 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,274 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)