The politics in 36561 Orange Beach, AL are largely determined by the city's local government. The current mayor is Tony Kennon, who has served since 2012. The City Council is composed of five members: Connie Hudson, Jeff Silvers, Jerry Johnson, Mark Acre and Pat Bohrman. The City Council makes decisions that affect the residents of Orange Beach, such as setting taxes and fees for city services. They also pass ordinances and resolutions related to the health and safety of citizens. Furthermore, they work with state and federal representatives to bring resources into Orange Beach for infrastructure improvements and other projects. Overall, Orange Beach's political environment aims to benefit its citizens while maintaining a balanced budget and responsible fiscal decisions.
The political climate in Zip 36561 (Orange Beach, AL) is strongly conservative.
Baldwin County, AL is very conservative. In Baldwin County, AL 22.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baldwin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 22.4%.
Baldwin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36561 (Orange Beach, AL) is strongly conservative.
Orange Beach, Alabama is strongly conservative.
Baldwin County, Alabama is very conservative.
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley 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.
Orange Beach, 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 36561 (Orange Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $21,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 220 contributions totaling $98,774 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $449 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)