Birmingham, AL is an interesting and complex city when it comes to politics. Despite its relatively small population size of 35235 people, the city has a long and rich history of political involvement. Political parties from all sides have been active in the area for decades, presenting their ideas and debating on important issues. Examples of these parties include the Republican Party, Democratic Party, Libertarian Party, Green Party and Constitution Party just to name a few. There are also numerous local politicians who represent the city at both state and federal levels. All these individuals strive to provide guidance and make decisions which will benefit Birmingham's citizens in topics such as education, infrastructure, health care and civil rights among many others.
The political climate in Zip 35235 (Birmingham, AL) is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson County, AL is somewhat liberal. In Jefferson County, AL 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 42.6%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35235 (Birmingham, AL) is somewhat liberal.
Birmingham, Alabama is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson County, Alabama is somewhat liberal.
Birmingham-Hoover 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.
Birmingham, Alabama: r r d d d D
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 35235 (Birmingham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 369 contributions totaling $18,809 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $10,368 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)