New Site, AL is a small town located in the state of Alabama. Though it is small in population, it still plays an important role in politics. The town elects local representatives who are responsible for representing its citizens in local government and making decisions that affect the community. Locally, candidates usually focus on issues such as public safety, education, health care, economic development and transportation. Elections occur every four years and voting occurs at the county level. Issues that affect all of Alabama are decided at higher levels of government by elected officials such as the governor and members of Congress. New Site's residents take part in these larger elections as well, voicing their opinions and choosing representatives who will represent their interests at a higher level.
The political climate in Zip 36256 (New Site, AL) is very conservative.
Tallapoosa County, AL is very conservative. In Tallapoosa County, AL 27.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tallapoosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.3% to 27.9%.
Tallapoosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36256 (New Site, AL) is very conservative.
New Site, Alabama is very conservative.
Tallapoosa County, Alabama is very 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.
New Site, 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 36256 (New Site)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $60 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $90 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)