Leeds, Alabama is a small town located just south of Birmingham. The town has a total population of 11,773 people and is in the county of Jefferson. It is home to several businesses as well as the Grand River Cultural Arts Center which is dedicated to preserving and promoting regional culture. Leeds has a mayor-council form of government with the current mayor being David Miller. The five members of the city council are Michael Mathis, David Millard, Terri Johnson, Robert Moore and Dr. Carl Wallace Jr. All of them meet regularly to discuss important issues affecting their constituents such as infrastructure, economic development, education and public safety. The city also has several local political organizations that work to promote various candidates running for office in Leeds and its surrounding communities.
The political climate in Leeds, AL is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, AL is somewhat liberal. In Jefferson County, AL 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 42.6%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Leeds, AL is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, Alabama is somewhat liberal.
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.
Leeds, Alabama: r r d d d D
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 Leeds, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,034 contributions totaling $151,001 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,627 contributions totaling $448,394 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)