The town of Piedmont, AL is located in 36272 and has a population of 5,972 people. The community is served by the Mayor-Council form of government, where the mayor is directly elected by voters to serve as the chief executive officer of the town. There are currently two local political candidates who are running for mayor: Jeff Presley and Anne Hartman. They both have a long history in the area and represent different points of view on how to best lead Piedmont forward. Voters will need to decide which candidate they believe can bring their vision for the community to life in order to make it an even better place for everyone who lives here.
The political climate in Zip 36272 (Piedmont, AL) is very conservative.
Calhoun County, AL is very conservative. In Calhoun County, AL 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 29.8%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36272 (Piedmont, AL) is very conservative.
Piedmont, Alabama is very conservative.
Calhoun County, Alabama is very conservative.
Anniston-Oxford 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.
Piedmont, 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 36272 (Piedmont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $926 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $10,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)