Epes, AL is a small rural town located in Sumter County, Alabama. It has a rich history of political involvement that dates back to its incorporation in 1901. Currently, Epes is governed by the mayor and board of commissioners. In recent years, elections have seen the town elect more progressive candidates who promote policies that focus on economic development, improving public safety and infrastructure, and enhancing services to local residents. Local officials work hard to ensure that all citizens have access to an effective system of governance and quality services. They strive for transparency in government operations and actively engage with the community through meetings, forums, and other communications channels. Additionally, they are dedicated to ensuring fair representation for all members of the community regardless of race or socioeconomic status.
The political climate in Zip 35460 (Epes, AL) is strongly liberal.
Sumter County, AL is very liberal. In Sumter County, AL 73.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumter county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 73.9% to 25.4%.
Sumter county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35460 (Epes, AL) is strongly liberal.
Epes, Alabama is strongly liberal.
Sumter 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.
Epes, 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 35460 (Epes)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,015 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)