Politics in 35957 Boaz, AL are dominated by the Republican Party. The current mayor of Boaz is Robert Johnson, who was elected for a four year term in 2016. He is joined on the City Council by fellow Republicans Elton Thompson, Billy Fields and David Peterson. All members of the council have been in office since 2014. Members of the council are responsible for making decisions regarding zoning, infrastructure development, public safety and other important issues within the city of Boaz. Additionally, members of the community often gather to discuss local politics and take part in voter registration drives or debates hosted by local organizations in order to stay informed on matters affecting their city.
The political climate in Zip 35957 (Boaz, AL) is very conservative.
Marshall County, AL is very conservative. In Marshall County, AL 15.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.7% to 15.0%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35957 (Boaz, AL) is very conservative.
Boaz, Alabama is very conservative.
Marshall County, Alabama is very conservative.
Albertville Metro Area is very 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.
Boaz, 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 35957 (Boaz)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $1,499 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $26,254 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)