The politics in 36528 Dauphin Island, AL are administered by the Mobile County Commission and the Mobile City Council. The Mayor of Mobile is Sandy Stimpson and the current members of the City Council are John C. Williams, Fred Richardson, Levon Manzie, Bess Rich, Joel Daves, Gina Gregory and CJ Small. All seven members of the council serve four year terms. There is also a local government board responsible for zoning matters and other related issues in Dauphin Island. The members of this board are appointed at large to four year staggered terms by the mayor with approval from the city council. With its strong local government presence in place, Dauphin Island remains a vibrant community with numerous recreational opportunities and an engaged citizenry who take part in local politics and decision making processes.
The political climate in Zip 36528 (Dauphin Island, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Mobile County, AL is somewhat conservative. In Mobile County, AL 43.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mobile county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.4%.
Mobile county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36528 (Dauphin Island, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Dauphin Island, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Mobile County, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Mobile Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Dauphin Island, 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 36528 (Dauphin Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $2,332 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $4,481 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)