The small town of Oakman, AL is home to a close-knit community that values their local politics. The residents of the town take pride in their voting rights and many come out en masse during election season to make sure their voices are heard. Many citizens also attend local civic meetings such as city council or school board meetings to voice their opinions on local issues and initiatives. The people of Oakman have a long history of coming together to ensure that their perspectives are heard and taken into consideration when it comes to making decisions about the future of the city.
The political climate in Oakman, AL is very conservative.
Walker County, AL is very conservative. In Walker County, AL 15.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 15.5%.
Walker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oakman, AL is very conservative.
Walker County, Alabama is very conservative.
Birmingham-Hoover 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.
Oakman, 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 Oakman, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $3,146 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)