The politics in Brilliant, AL 35548 are vibrant and diverse. The city has a long history of encouraging political engagement through its city council meetings and initiatives that strive to uphold the community's rights. Though the population size is relatively small, the residents of Brilliant believe in exercising their right of political representation and actively participate in local elections. Many local organizations, such as the Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, and various civic groups, provide citizens with access to information about candidates running for office. Additionally, the local newspaper offers detailed coverage about each candidate's platform and qualifications before each election. As a result, Brilliant has been successful in electing leaders who reflect its diverse population on a range of issues.
The political climate in Zip 35548 (Brilliant, AL) is very conservative.
Marion County, AL is very conservative. In Marion County, AL 10.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.4% to 10.6%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35548 (Brilliant, AL) is very conservative.
Brilliant, Alabama is very conservative.
Marion County, Alabama is very conservative.
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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.
Brilliant, 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 35548 (Brilliant)
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 5 contributions totaling $1,245 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)