Mobile, Alabama is located in 36606 and is a city with a population of approximately 194,000 people. It is home to numerous political factions that have shaped the city’s history and continue to shape its present. Mobile is divided into seven districts and each district elects a representative to serve on the Mobile City Council. The City Council works with the Mayor to determine laws and regulations for the city as well as budgeting for various services. Local elections occur every four years and many local politicians have made their marks on the city during their respective terms in office. In addition to local politics, state and federal representatives also represent Mobile’s interests in government affairs, including Senator Richard Shelby, who was elected as a Republican from Alabama in 1987.
The political climate in Zip 36606 (Mobile, AL) is leaning conservative.
Mobile County, AL is somewhat conservative. In Mobile County, AL 43.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mobile county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.4%.
Mobile county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36606 (Mobile, AL) is leaning conservative.
Mobile, Alabama is leaning conservative.
Mobile County, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Mobile 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.
Mobile, 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 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 36606 (Mobile)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 629 contributions totaling $182,915 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $44,133 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $437 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)