The small and unincorporated town of Black, AL is home to a close-knit community of people who remain deeply rooted in the local political landscape. Despite having no official mayor or city council, the town is still subject to decisions made by various state and county representatives. As residents, they are devoted to keeping up with decisions that affect their community and beyond. In recent years, many citizens have actively participated in campaigns for local candidates, as well as making their voices heard through voting during elections. This commitment has helped shape the town鈥檚 politics and will continue to do so in the future.
The political climate in Black, AL is strongly conservative.
Geneva County, AL is very conservative. In Geneva County, AL 12.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Geneva county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.5% to 12.7%.
Geneva county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Black, AL is strongly conservative.
Geneva County, Alabama is very conservative.
Dothan 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.
Black, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Black, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $1 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)