Midfield, AL is a small city located in central Alabama with a population of around 8,500 people. While the city is not very large and does not have its own political representation, it is still closely tied to the politics of the larger Birmingham metropolitan area. The mayor of Midfield is Stanley Sands, who was first elected in 2004 and has been reelected several times since then. He works closely with the Midfield City Council to ensure that citizens' voices are heard and their needs are met. At the state level, Midfield falls within Alabama's 7th Congressional District which is currently represented by Republican Terri Sewell. Sewell has worked to strengthen economic growth in Alabama while advocating for policies that protect civil rights and promote equity for all Alabamians. In addition, local residents have access to a variety of resources and services through organizations like the Greater Birmingham Young Democrats or Birmingham Women United which work to engage citizens in politics at all levels.
The political climate in Midfield, AL is somewhat 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
Midfield, AL is somewhat 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.
Midfield, 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 Midfield, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 260 contributions totaling $14,437 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $2,110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)