Alabaster, AL is a city located in Shelby County and is known for its vibrant business district and great schools. Although Alabaster is growing, it has a small-town feel with its tight-knit community. Local politics are important to Alabaster’s residents, who take an active role in ensuring their city remains safe and prosperous. The City Council works hard to ensure the needs of the people are met through various initiatives like improving infrastructure and developing local businesses. Residents also have the opportunity to engage with their representatives by attending public meetings, voting in local elections, and getting involved in civic engagement activities. Alabaster has a long history of citizen involvement and it is this commitment that makes the politics of Alabaster so dynamic.
The political climate in Alabaster, AL is strongly 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
Alabaster, AL is strongly 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.
Alabaster, 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 Alabaster, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,415 contributions totaling $115,295 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,383 contributions totaling $315,704 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)