Brookside, AL is a small town in the state of Alabama with an active political atmosphere. Residents of Brookside are passionate about politics and take their civic duties seriously. They are well informed about local, state, and national issues and make sure to keep up with current events. There is a wide range of political candidates running for office from both major parties as well as smaller third party candidates. Voting results have been determined by close margins in the past, allowing all citizens to feel as though their vote makes a difference. The community works together to ensure that every candidate is given a fair chance to represent their constituents fairly and responsibly.
The political climate in Brookside, AL is leaning 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
Brookside, AL is leaning 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.
Brookside, 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 Brookside, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 766 contributions totaling $55,008 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 213 contributions totaling $31,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)