36321 Cowarts, AL is located in Houston County Alabama and is a small rural town with an estimated population of just over 600 people. The politics of 36321 Cowarts, AL are dominated by local elections. Each year residents elect local candidates to positions on the Town Council and the School Board. These elected officials work together to ensure that the needs of the community are met, such as creating policies that promote public safety or improving educational opportunities for students. Additionally, state and federal representatives may play a role in local politics as well. All citizens have the right to vote in local elections which enables them to have a say in who represents their interests in government.
The political climate in Zip 36321 (Cowarts, AL) is very conservative.
Houston County, AL is very conservative. In Houston County, AL 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.6% to 28.0%.
Houston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36321 (Cowarts, AL) is very conservative.
Cowarts, Alabama is very conservative.
Houston County, Alabama is very conservative.
Dothan 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.
Cowarts, 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 36321 (Cowarts)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $155 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)