Gurley, AL is a small city in Madison County that is known for its beautiful scenery and outdoor activities. The mayor of Gurley is Paul White, who was elected in 2016. The City Council consists of five members and meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. The political atmosphere in Gurley is focused on keeping the city safe, providing quality services to citizens, and promoting business growth within the city limits. While local politics may not be as heated or divided as some larger cities, citizens in Gurley still take an active role in their local government by attending council meetings, participating in community events, and voting during elections.
The political climate in Gurley, AL is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, AL is leaning conservative. In Madison County, AL 44.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 44.8%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gurley, AL is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, Alabama is leaning conservative.
Huntsville 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.
Gurley, 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 Gurley, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $45,016 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 250 contributions totaling $100,594 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $402 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)