The small town of Alford, FL in zip code 32420 is part of Jackson County and is considered a rural area with its population sitting around 1,778 people as of the 2010 census. It is home to many local businesses including a post office, restaurant, and gas station. While there are no major political figures from Alford itself, the people in the area still actively participate in local politics by attending meetings and voting in various elections. The local government is responsible for providing many services to its citizens such as waste management, public safety initiatives, and infrastructure improvements. As a result, they often rely on their citizens to provide feedback on what services should be prioritized or improved upon. Local residents take great pride in helping shape their community’s future through their participation in politics which keeps them informed on important issues that directly affect them and allows them to have a say in decision making processes that impact their community.
The political climate in Zip 32420 (Alford, FL) is very conservative.
Jackson County, FL is very conservative. In Jackson County, FL 30.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 30.1%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32420 (Alford, FL) is very conservative.
Alford, Florida is very conservative.
Jackson County, Florida is very conservative.
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Florida is leaning 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.
Alford, Florida: 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 32420 (Alford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $508 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $3,820 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)