The small town of Clio, AL (zip code 36017) is located in Barbour County and is a part of the Wiregrass Region. Clio has a long history of political involvement, from its strong agricultural roots to its modern day participation in local government. The town's political history is rooted in the many generations who have called Clio home. As the population of the area continues to grow and evolve, so does its politics. In recent years, there have been several initiatives taken by local politicians to improve upon community services and amenities as well as address issues such as public safety and infrastructure maintenance. With a growing population, there are more candidates running for local office with each election cycle. This allows voters to make informed decisions when selecting representatives to represent their interests at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 36017 (Clio, 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 36017 (Clio, AL) is leaning conservative.
Clio, 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.
Clio, 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 36017 (Clio)
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 6 contributions totaling $2,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)