Somerville, AL is a small city located in the state of Alabama. Despite its size, it has a rich political history that dates back to the late 1700s. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor elected at large every four years. The current mayor is longtime resident Stanley Blevins who was first elected in 2011. The City Council consists of seven members elected from the seven wards within the city limits. In addition to local government officials, Somerville also sends representatives to both houses of the state legislature and federal level as part of its congressional district. Residents are highly engaged in local politics and it is not uncommon for citizens to show up for City Council meetings to voice their opinions on important issues concerning their community.
The political climate in Somerville, AL is very conservative.
Morgan County, AL is very conservative. In Morgan County, AL 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morgan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.8% to 24.6%.
Morgan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Somerville, AL is very conservative.
Morgan County, Alabama is very conservative.
Decatur Metro Area is very 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.
Somerville, 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 Somerville, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 176 contributions totaling $7,431 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 226 contributions totaling $49,141 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)