The small town of Loachapoka, Alabama is located in Lee county and has a population of roughly 499 people. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Jonathan L. Moore, who was elected in 2016 and reelected for a 4th term in 2020. The Loachapoka Town Council consists of five members including the mayor. In addition to the local government, 36865 Loachapoka residents are also represented by State Representative Seth Peebles and Senator Clay Scofield at the state level. At the federal level, Congressman Mike Rogers serves as the representative for 36865 Loachapoka residents. As a small town with limited resources, politics plays an important role in determining how funds are allocated and where services are prioritized within the community.
The political climate in Zip 36865 (Loachapoka, AL) is moderately conservative.
Lee County, AL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, AL 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 39.0%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36865 (Loachapoka, AL) is moderately conservative.
Loachapoka, Alabama is moderately conservative.
Lee County, Alabama is moderately conservative.
Auburn-Opelika Metro Area is moderately 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.
Loachapoka, 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 36865 (Loachapoka)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $25 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $4 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)