Homewood, AL is a small city in Jefferson County, located just south of Birmingham. The city is known for its historic district, which features many restored homes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Over the years, Homewood has grown steadily in population and economic development. The current mayor of Homewood is Scott McBrayer, who was elected in 2018. He has been an active leader in improving the quality of life for residents by promoting economic growth and encouraging civic engagement. Additionally, Mayor McBrayer has worked to ensure that city government is transparent and accountable to citizens. Other local political candidates include Councilor Hannah Payne, who was elected in 2016; Audrey Sanders, who was elected to the City Commission in 2017; and Kyle Lanham, who was recently appointed as the District 1 Representative on the Jefferson County Board of Education. All these leaders work together to ensure that Homewood remains a safe and prosperous community.
The political climate in Homewood, AL is somewhat 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
Homewood, AL is somewhat 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.
Homewood, 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 Homewood, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,140 contributions totaling $2,780,302 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,774 contributions totaling $3,988,616 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $835 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)