Chelsea, AL is a small town located in North Shelby County. Politically, the town is represented by the Shelby County Commission which is responsible for making policy decisions that impact the entire county. The current commissionors representing District 5, which includes Chelsea, are Lindsey Allison and Robert McCright. Currently, both commissioners are working to improve infrastructure in the area as well as provide assistance to local businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to this, they also work to ensure that residents have access to necessary health and education services. As leaders of their respective districts, both commissioners strive to make meaningful change and create an equitable environment for all members of their community.
The political climate in Zip 35147 (Chelsea, AL) is very conservative.
Shelby County, AL is very conservative. In Shelby County, AL 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35147 (Chelsea, AL) is very conservative.
Chelsea, Alabama is very conservative.
Shelby County, Alabama is very conservative.
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.
Chelsea, 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 35147 (Chelsea)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $4,805 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $64,536 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $963 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)