The politics of Indian Springs Village, AL is an important part of life in the community. Located within Shelby County, the village has a Mayor and City Council that manage municipal affairs. The Mayor is elected for a four-year term and the City Council members are elected for three-year terms. All residents of Indian Springs Village have the opportunity to participate in local governance by voting in local elections or running for office themselves. The current Mayor is Steve Rushing, who was first elected in 2017 and reelected in 2021. The most recent election also saw three new members join the City Council - Bruce Smith, Tom Johnson, and Mike Miller. Each member brings unique perspectives to their roles on the council helping shape the future of Indian Springs Village.
The political climate in Indian Springs Village, 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
Indian Springs Village, 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.
Indian Springs Village, 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 Indian Springs Village, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,952 contributions totaling $587,371 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,281 contributions totaling $1,461,639 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $445 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)