Columbiana, AL is a small town located in Shelby County, Alabama. Although the population of Columbiana is relatively small, there are still several active political initiatives and movements taking place in the area. One such political organization is the Columbiana Tea Party, which advocates for fiscally responsible government spending and smaller government interference in private lives. Additionally, several local politicians have been elected to represent Columbiana at the county and state level, including State Representative Corley Ellis and Shelby County Commissioner Will Acker. Both candidates strive to protect the values that are important to their constituents while also looking for ways to improve the overall quality of life in Columbiana. In sum, even though its population is not large compared to other cities, politics still play an important role in Columbiana's day-to-day life.
The political climate in Zip 35051 (Columbiana, 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 35051 (Columbiana, AL) is very conservative.
Columbiana, 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.
Columbiana, 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 35051 (Columbiana)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $3,280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $28,916 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)