Banks, AL, located in the heart of rural Alabama is a small town with a population of approximately 1,200 people. Although it is a relatively small community, Banks still has an active political scene with local candidates running for office. The current mayor, Don Jenkins, was elected in 2018 and has been very active in the community since taking office. He works closely with city council members to ensure that the municipal government is working hard to improve the quality of life within the city. Additionally, every year the residents of Banks are able to vote for city council representatives who work on local issues such as public safety and infrastructure improvements. Local elections held for these positions often draw attention and debate from the citizens of Banks who care deeply about maintaining their small-town charm while making sure their community remains prosperous and vibrant.
The political climate in Zip 36005 (Banks, AL) is moderately conservative.
Pike County, AL is moderately conservative. In Pike County, AL 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 40.7%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36005 (Banks, AL) is moderately conservative.
Banks, Alabama is moderately conservative.
Pike County, Alabama is moderately conservative.
Troy 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.
Banks, 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 36005 (Banks)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $9,125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $830 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)