Mobile, AL is home to a diverse political landscape. The city has a strong democratic presence, but also allows for citizens to challenge the status quo and pursue their own values and ideologies. Local elections are held every two years, and the campaigns feature local candidates with varying perspectives on how best to manage Mobile's government and resources. These races often attract high levels of engagement from an enthusiastic electorate who are looking for change or simply want to ensure that their voices are heard in the political dialogue. There is an active debate among residents about difficult topics such as infrastructure, education, crime, and economic development. In addition, there are several civic organizations that advocate for various causes throughout the city, giving everyone a chance to make their voice heard when it comes to important decisions about our future.
The political climate in Mobile, AL is leaning conservative.
Mobile County, AL is somewhat conservative. In Mobile County, AL 43.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mobile county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.4%.
Mobile county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mobile, AL is leaning conservative.
Mobile County, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Mobile Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Mobile, 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 Mobile, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,374 contributions totaling $1,092,184 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,990 contributions totaling $1,894,666 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $316 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)