Marshall County is located in Northeast Alabama. The county is governed by a five-member Board of County Commissioners, who are elected to serve four-year terms. This Board of Commissioners appoints and supervises all departments and agencies of the county government. The county's political scene also includes local offices for the state legislature, a US congressman, and two US senators. Additionally, Marshall County residents elect the Sheriff, District Attorney, Circuit Clerk, Tax Assessor/Collector, Coroner and other county officials as required by law. These officials all play an important role in providing services to the citizens of Marshall County.
The political climate in Marshall County, AL is very conservative.
In Marshall County, AL 15.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.7% to 15.0%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marshall County, AL is very conservative.
Albertville 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.
Marshall, 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 Marshall County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 546 contributions totaling $56,196 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 839 contributions totaling $355,197 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $423 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)