Shelby, AL County is a vibrant community with its own unique political landscape. The county has several different local governments, including the City of Montevallo, Town of Harpersville, and Village of Westover, as well as unincorporated areas. In terms of representation in Congress, Shelby County is part of Alabama's 7th congressional district. On the state level, Shelby is represented by Senator Jodi Capps and Representative Bill Poole. All three have been involved in many local issues and are dedicated to representing their constituents. Additionally, Shelby County has a number of local offices that include sheriff’s deputy, judge and district attorney. These offices are responsible for upholding the laws in Shelby County and protecting its citizens. Each office is an important part of the political system in Shelby County, helping to ensure that every resident can exercise their right to vote and participate in the political process.
The political climate in 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
Shelby County, AL 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.
Shelby, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Shelby County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,429 contributions totaling $511,244 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,773 contributions totaling $1,512,931 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $401 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)