The small community of Coosada, AL (36020) is home to a population of around 2,000 people. Despite its small size, the town is part of the larger Elmore County and therefore has an active political scene. The mayor is Matthew Rogers and he presides over a five-member city council which makes decisions for the town based on its citizen's needs. Additionally, the citizens are represented by their state representatives in Montgomery; these politicians typically address statewide issues such as taxes or regulation of public services. Although most local elections are non-partisan, residents may still vote for Republicans or Democrats in state and federal races that affect their lives. All in all, Coosada's politics provide a platform for residents to make their voices heard and ensure their interests are taken into consideration when new laws or policies come into effect.
The political climate in Zip 36020 (Coosada, AL) is strongly conservative.
Elmore County, AL is very conservative. In Elmore County, AL 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.5% to 25.3%.
Elmore county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36020 (Coosada, AL) is strongly conservative.
Coosada, Alabama is strongly conservative.
Elmore County, Alabama is very conservative.
Montgomery Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Coosada, 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 36020 (Coosada)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $1,054 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $310 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)