New Hope, AL is a small town with a tight-knit community of nearly 7,000 people. Although it may not have the largest population, New Hope still has an active political scene. The local government is made up of a Mayor and five City Council members who are elected into office by the residents. The City Council is responsible for some of the most important decisions that affect New Hope's citizens including taxes, public safety initiatives, and infrastructure projects. Each year during election season, many local candidates come forward to run for office and represent their constituency. In recent years, there have been close races among hopefuls vying for seats on the City Council. It is clear that the people of New Hope take their local politics seriously and strive for representatives that will advocate for their interests in government.
The political climate in New Hope, AL is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, AL is leaning conservative. In Madison County, AL 44.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 44.8%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Hope, AL is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, Alabama is leaning conservative.
Huntsville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
New Hope, 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 New Hope, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $3,444 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $4,369 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)