The Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area is a culturally diverse region in the heart of north Alabama. Politically, the area is part of the state’s 6th congressional district, which is represented in Congress by Republican Representative Gary Palmer. Locally, Florence and Muscle Shoals are each governed by their own mayors and city councils who strive to create a safe and prosperous environment for their citizens. The cities cooperate with one another on projects such as infrastructure development and joint economic growth initiatives to ensure that all residents benefit from their collective efforts. In addition to local governments, there are numerous other organizations that work together on initiatives related to public policy and civic engagement in the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metro Area. These organizations include non-profits, advocacy groups, small businesses, educational institutions, churches, local media outlets and more. Through these unified efforts, the political climate of this region has become one of collaboration and progress.
The political climate in Florence-Muscle Shoals Metro Area is very conservative.
In Florence-Muscle Shoals Metro Area 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.5% to 28.0%.
The Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Florence-Muscle Shoals 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.
Florence-Muscle Shoals, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Florence-Muscle Shoals Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,255 contributions totaling $177,963 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,335 contributions totaling $337,812 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)