Politics in 36081 Troy, AL is an important part of the local community. The city council meetings are held regularly to discuss and vote on local issues. It is also home to a number of state and federal representatives who work to represent the needs of their constituents. Elected officials such as state senators, representatives, and judges all make their home in Troy, keeping track of developments at the state level. On the national stage, Congresswoman Martha Roby was elected to represent Alabama's Second Congressional District, which includes Troy. She works hard to ensure that her constituents are heard at the national level. There is also a robust voter turnout in Troy for major elections including presidential, gubernatorial and congressional races. Through these efforts, Troy is able to stay active in politics both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 36081 (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 36081 (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 36081 (Troy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $3,607 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $43,297 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)