Kimberly, AL is a small town in central Alabama with a population of about 3,000 people. The town operates under the mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Gary Fuller. The city council is composed of five members who are all elected by the community to serve two year terms. Kimberly residents take their politics seriously and their local elections attract a lot of attention from both the candidates and the voters. Primaries are held each spring and general elections occur every fall where citizens can vote for their preferred candidates on local issues such as water rights, taxes, housing policies, public safety and more. In addition to voting in local elections, many Kimberly residents become involved in other forms of civic engagement such as volunteer activities or running for office themselves. Overall, Kimberly has an active political environment that helps ensure that the needs and desires of its citizens are taken into consideration when it comes to matters concerning their city.
The political climate in Kimberly, AL is leaning conservative.
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
Kimberly, AL is leaning conservative.
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.
Kimberly, 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 Kimberly, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 672 contributions totaling $34,499 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 440 contributions totaling $57,152 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)