Brook Highland, Alabama, is home to a diverse and vibrant political landscape. Residents of Brook Highland have the opportunity to engage in political issues that directly affect their lives, from local taxation to environmental regulations. Local politics are managed by the Shelby County Commission, which is made up of seven members elected to represent their communities. These representatives work together to ensure that all members of Brook Highland are given fair and equitable access to resources and services. Additionally, the commission works with other local government bodies to establish and maintain policies for the betterment of the community as a whole. Political engagement in Brook Highland is encouraged; residents are encouraged to attend meetings of county boards and commissions, participate in public forums related to issues that affect them, or become involved with local campaigns run by candidates running for office in the area.
The political climate in Brook Highland, AL is moderately conservative.
Shelby County, AL is very conservative. In Shelby County, AL 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brook Highland, AL is moderately conservative.
Shelby 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.
Brook Highland, 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 Brook Highland, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,257 contributions totaling $373,603 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,289 contributions totaling $1,121,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $490 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)