The politics of Springville, AL are mainly influenced by the local government and its elected officials. The city is served by a mayor, four city council members, and a City Clerk. Their roles are responsible for enacting ordinances, allocating funds, and overseeing municipal operations such as public works, police and fire departments. Springville residents can become involved in local politics by voting for candidates in local elections, participating in city-sponsored events or volunteer opportunities, or joining political parties or organizations. Currently the Democratic Party holds most of the offices in Springville and has been successful at recent election cycles. Residents also have the opportunity to serve on boards or commissions to voice their opinion about planning development projects or other important issues facing the community.
The political climate in Springville, AL is very conservative.
St. Clair County, AL is very conservative. In St. Clair County, AL 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Clair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.4% to 17.4%.
St. Clair county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Springville, AL is very conservative.
St. Clair 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.
Springville, 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 Springville, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $3,327 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $20,648 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)