Selma, Alabama is a city located in Dallas County with a population of over 20,000. It has been an important political center since the civil rights movement and is known for its crucial role in the fight for African-American voting rights. Politically, Selma tends to lean Democratic and has been historically represented by Democrats at the local, state, and federal level. The current mayor of Selma is James Perkins Jr., who was elected in 2020. He had served as a City Council member from 2012-2020 before being elected mayor. The district attorney for Dallas County is Michael Jackson, who was appointed in 2018 and has served ever since. Civic engagement is an important part of life in Selma with many residents actively participating in local politics.
The political climate in Selma, AL is strongly liberal.
Dallas County, AL is very liberal. In Dallas County, AL 68.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.5% to 30.9%.
Dallas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Selma, AL is strongly liberal.
Dallas County, Alabama is very liberal.
Selma Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Selma, Alabama: D D 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 Selma, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 440 contributions totaling $30,252 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 326 contributions totaling $85,178 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)