The politics in 36786 Uniontown, AL are largely governed by the local and state government. The Mayor of Uniontown is currently Joseph T. Beckham, who was elected in 2020. There are also five members of the city council that represent the different wards within the city. The Alabama State Legislature governs the larger issues concerning Uniontown, such as taxes, laws and regulations. On a national level, citizens of Uniontown vote for their representatives to serve in Congress or the Senate depending on their district. All these officials work together to ensure that 36786 Uniontown has the resources and services it needs to thrive and prosper.
The political climate in Zip 36786 (Uniontown, AL) is strongly liberal.
Perry County, AL is very liberal. In Perry County, AL 73.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perry county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 73.8% to 25.6%.
Perry county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36786 (Uniontown, AL) is strongly liberal.
Uniontown, Alabama is strongly liberal.
Perry County, Alabama is very liberal.
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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.
Uniontown, Alabama: D D D D D D
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 36786 (Uniontown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $7 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $26,265 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)