Highland Lakes, AL is a small rural community located in north-central Alabama. It has a strong sense of local pride and tradition, as well as an active citizenry engaged in local politics. The city is governed by the mayor and several members of the city council who are elected at regular intervals. There is also a school board that oversees the local schools, which are highly rated throughout the county. In recent years, Highland Lakes has seen increased development with new businesses locating to the area and people coming to enjoy its beautiful natural setting. With its new growth, there has been more focus on local politics and civic engagement in order to ensure that development is managed responsibly and with respect for the community’s heritage. Citizens here take their political involvement seriously and value open dialogue between candidates during election season. They also actively participate in campaigns for state and national offices as well, ensuring their voices are heard on matters that impact their lives directly or indirectly.
The political climate in Highland Lakes, AL is strongly conservative.
Shelby County, AL is very conservative. In Shelby County, AL 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Highland Lakes, AL is strongly conservative.
Shelby County, Alabama is very conservative.
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.
Highland Lakes, 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 Highland Lakes, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,257 contributions totaling $373,603 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,289 contributions totaling $1,121,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $490 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)