Arab, AL is a small town in Marshall County with a population of 8,541 according to the 2010 census. The town is governed by a mayor and five-member city council who are all elected at large. The current Mayor of Arab is Bob Joslin, who was elected in 2020. Other members of the city council include James Martin, Richard Mardis, Charles Ledbetter, Carla Owens, and Tonya Mayfield. All of them were elected in 2019 for four-year terms. Arab has been represented on the state level since 1973 by Senator Phil Williams from District 10. In Congress, Arab has been part of Alabama's 5th congressional district since 2013 and is currently represented by Mo Brooks. Politics in Arab are marked by strong support for conservative values such as fiscal responsibility and protecting Second Amendment rights.
The political climate in Arab, AL is strongly conservative.
Marshall County, AL is very conservative. In Marshall County, AL 15.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.7% to 15.0%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arab, AL is strongly conservative.
Marshall County, Alabama is very conservative.
Cullman 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.
Arab, 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 Arab, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 454 contributions totaling $32,162 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 196 contributions totaling $51,444 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)