Located in Pike County, Troy, AL is home to a diverse community of over 18,000 people. The city is governed by an elected mayor and six-member City Council with each member representing one district. The City Council meets monthly to discuss important issues such as public safety, transportation, zoning changes and other relevant topics. During these meetings residents are given the opportunity to voice their opinions and share their concerns about the city. In addition to this, the local government works with state legislators on issues that affect Troy including taxation and infrastructure funding. With a local government that prides itself on transparency, Troy is well-positioned for continued growth and success in Alabama's future.
The political climate in Zip 36079 (Troy, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Pike County, AL is moderately conservative. In Pike County, AL 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 40.7%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36079 (Troy, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Troy, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Pike County, Alabama is moderately conservative.
Troy 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.
Troy, 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 36079 (Troy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $6,112 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $21,152 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $423 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)