The small town of 36016 Clayton, AL is home to a population of approximately 1,500 people. Its politics are largely influenced by local grassroots candidates and organizations that make up the community’s population. During election season, citizens of Clayton come together to vote for their favorite local political candidates who center their platforms around issues that they believe will best serve the interests of the townspeople. Common topics in Clayton’s political discourse include improving the infrastructure and services of the small town, promoting economic growth and development, and advocating for environmental protection and preservation efforts. 36016 Clayton is a politically active community with an emphasis on bettering the lives of its residents through the use of democratic processes.
The political climate in Zip 36016 (Clayton, AL) is leaning conservative.
Barbour County, AL is leaning conservative. In Barbour County, AL 45.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barbour county remained moderately Republican, 53.5% to 45.8%.
Barbour county voted Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections (2012 and 2000 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36016 (Clayton, AL) is leaning conservative.
Clayton, Alabama is leaning conservative.
Barbour County, Alabama is leaning 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.
Clayton, Alabama: d r r d 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 36016 (Clayton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $2,208 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)