The politics in 35960 Centre, AL are heavily influenced by the local and state government. The citizens of Centre elect representatives from their area to serve in the Alabama Legislature, with representatives serving in both the House and Senate. In addition, Centre is part of the Cherokee County Commission Board, which is responsible for overseeing local government affairs. At the local level, Centre has a mayor-council form of government, where an elected mayor and town council work together to promote and protect local interests. Furthermore, citizen engagement at the local level can be seen through community events such as town hall meetings or elections for City Council members.
The political climate in Zip 35960 (Centre, AL) is very conservative.
Cherokee County, AL is very conservative. In Cherokee County, AL 13.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.0% to 13.2%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35960 (Centre, AL) is very conservative.
Centre, Alabama is very conservative.
Cherokee 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.
Centre, 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 35960 (Centre)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 165 contributions totaling $13,523 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $16,698 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)