Auburn in 36830 is a city located in Lee County, Alabama and is the home of Auburn University. It is an area of rich political history and has been a part of Alabama politics since its incorporation in 1839. The current mayor of Auburn is Ron Anders, who was elected to office in 2018. Mayor Anders ensures that local residents can enjoy their city with safety and security while balancing the needs of the university community as well. The City Council meets regularly to discuss pressing issues affecting Auburn and make decisions that will help shape the future of the city for years to come. Additionally, there are several state legislative representatives from Auburn serving in both chambers of the Alabama Legislature, including Senators Tom Whatley and Arthur Orr, as well as Representatives Joe Lovvorn, Matt Fridy, Pebblin Warren, and Jay Sanders. All of these individuals are working together to fight for positive change for all citizens living in 36830 Auburn, AL.
The political climate in Zip 36830 (Auburn, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, AL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, AL 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 39.0%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36830 (Auburn, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Auburn, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, Alabama is moderately conservative.
Auburn-Opelika Metro Area is moderately 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.
Auburn, 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 36830 (Auburn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,765 contributions totaling $260,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 639 contributions totaling $171,078 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)