Russellville, AL is a small city located in northwest Alabama. It is home to an active and diverse political scene, with a variety of parties and candidates participating in local elections. In recent years, there have been several candidates for the local council seats, including members from both major parties as well as independents. The action takes place at the Russellville City Hall, which serves as the centralized hub of the city's government and politics. Local elections are typically very competitive, with high voter turnout and passionate debates between all sides. The people of Russellville take their democracy seriously, and they show up on election day to make sure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Russellville, AL is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, AL is very conservative. In Franklin County, AL 16.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.5% to 16.6%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Russellville, AL is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, Alabama 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.
Russellville, 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 Russellville, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $28,132 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $426 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $5,319 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)