Cleveland, AL is a small town located just outside of Birmingham, Alabama. The town has a population of around 7,000 people and has recently seen growth due to its proximity to larger cities. The politics of Cleveland are largely conservative with the majority voting for Republican candidates in local and national elections. There is a mix of both rural and suburban voters in the community, which creates a unique political environment. While some residents are more moderate in their views, overall the community tends to lean towards conservative ideals. Locally there are several political organizations that work to promote their candidates and causes within the city limits and help ensure that everyone’s voices are heard in the electoral process. From holding events to raising awareness about candidate platforms to volunteering for campaigns, these organizations strive to make sure that Cleveland’s citizens have all the information they need in order to cast an informed vote on election day.
The political climate in Cleveland, AL is very conservative.
Blount County, AL is very conservative. In Blount County, AL 9.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blount county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.6% to 9.6%.
Blount county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cleveland, AL is very conservative.
Blount 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.
Cleveland, 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 Cleveland, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $4,623 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $16,012 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)