Athens, AL is located in Limestone County and is the county seat. Politics in 35613 Athens, AL are primarily focused on local issues such as education, healthcare, job creation, and public safety. The Limestone County Commission is responsible for making decisions about taxes and public services within the community. Local elections are held every four years to elect a mayor as well as a five-member city council. Additionally, there are several school board members who are also elected by the citizens of 35613 Athens. In terms of state politics, Athens is part of Alabama's 5th Congressional District which is currently represented by Congressman Mo Brooks. Recent legislative action has included measures to improve educational standards and provide additional economic development incentives for businesses that relocate to Athens.
The political climate in Zip 35613 (Athens, AL) is very conservative.
Limestone County, AL is very conservative. In Limestone County, AL 27.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Limestone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.4% to 27.8%.
Limestone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35613 (Athens, AL) is very conservative.
Athens, Alabama is very conservative.
Limestone County, Alabama is very 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.
Athens, 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 35613 (Athens)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 304 contributions totaling $17,210 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 277 contributions totaling $74,052 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)