Harvest, AL is a small town with a population of about 10,000 people. It's politics are largely centered around the local municipality which is run by an elected mayor and city council. The current mayor is Sandy McAllister who was elected to office in 2016 and is up for re-election in 2020. There are currently four city council members on the council, each elected to serve a four year term. They are responsible for setting policy and guidelines related to the operation of the government in Harvest, AL. These policies include things such as taxation, development regulations, infrastructure projects, public safety initiatives and more. The community has seen several positive changes over the past few years thanks to the efforts of these individuals working together for the betterment of their town.
The political climate in Zip 35749 (Harvest, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, AL is leaning conservative. In Madison County, AL 44.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 44.8%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35749 (Harvest, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Harvest, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, Alabama is leaning conservative.
Huntsville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Harvest, 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 35749 (Harvest)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 804 contributions totaling $54,047 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 416 contributions totaling $52,981 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)