The politics in Muscle Shoals, Alabama are vibrant and relevant to the community. The city is known for its progressive approach to local governance, and its elected leaders remain dedicated to ensuring that the interests of all citizens are represented in decision-making processes. The city council is made up of five members who work together to create a thriving environment where businesses can thrive, neighborhoods are safe, and citizens have access to quality public services. The mayor of Muscle Shoals is also an active figure in the political life of the city. He works with other government officials to ensure that residents are kept informed about upcoming changes or initiatives that will affect them. Additionally, he is always open to hearing new ideas from local citizens and encouraging civic engagement in the community.
The political climate in Muscle Shoals, AL is strongly conservative.
Colbert County, AL is very conservative. In Colbert County, AL 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colbert county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.9%.
Colbert county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Muscle Shoals, AL is strongly conservative.
Colbert County, Alabama is very conservative.
Florence-Muscle Shoals Metro Area is very 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.
Muscle Shoals, Alabama: d 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 Muscle Shoals, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 799 contributions totaling $51,077 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 367 contributions totaling $83,837 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)