Foley, Alabama, located in Baldwin County, is a small city with a population of 16,845. It is represented by Robert J. Briley for the state House of Representatives and Greg Albritton for the State Senate. Foley has a mayor-council form of government where the mayor is elected every four years to serve as the overall leader of the city. The five-member city council serves as an advisory board to the mayor and is composed of members elected from the five districts in Foley. The citizens of Foley are passionate about their community and have dedicated much time and energy to local political campaigns over the years. This commitment has been demonstrated through voter turnout initiatives that promote higher participation in elections and other civic events. Additionally, Foley prides itself on its commitment to transparency in government which can be seen in its open meetings policy and its easy access to public records. As such, residents can stay informed on important decisions being made at all levels within their local government.
The political climate in Zip 36535 (Foley, AL) is strongly conservative.
Baldwin County, AL is very conservative. In Baldwin County, AL 22.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baldwin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 22.4%.
Baldwin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36535 (Foley, AL) is strongly conservative.
Foley, Alabama is strongly conservative.
Baldwin County, Alabama is very conservative.
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley 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.
Foley, 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 zip 36535 (Foley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 412 contributions totaling $35,984 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 325 contributions totaling $52,082 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)