Politics in 36726 Camden, AL are largely dominated by the Republican party. County-level elected officials include a county commissioner, district attorney, circuit clerk, sheriff and school board members. The Republican Party holds the majority of the seats at the state level as well, with both of Alabama's U.S. Senate seats held by Republicans and all but two of their seven U.S. House of Representatives seats held by them as well. In November 2020, the voters in Camden overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election over Joe Biden. Locally, citizens had several choices for political candidates including Sheriff John Marshall for re-election and District Judge Clay Marshall for reelection as well. Both were unopposed on their respective ballots and were easily returned to office without any opposition.
The political climate in Zip 36726 (Camden, AL) is strongly liberal.
Wilcox County, AL is very liberal. In Wilcox County, AL 68.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilcox county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.6% to 31.1%.
Wilcox county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36726 (Camden, AL) is strongly liberal.
Camden, Alabama is strongly liberal.
Wilcox County, Alabama is very liberal.
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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.
Camden, Alabama: D D D D D D
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 36726 (Camden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $11,272 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $332 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $3,872 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)