The small town of Dora, AL (Zip Code 35062) is part of Walker County and is governed by the County Commission. Walker County has several elected officials including a sheriff, district attorney, county treasurer, county assessor, and various other offices. The town of Dora is also served by two representatives in the Alabama State Legislature as well as one representative in the US House of Representatives. Local politics in Dora is generally focused on issues affecting the everyday lives of its residents such as crime, jobs, education, infrastructure improvements, and community development. Residents can stay involved in local politics by attending meetings or engaging with their elected officials to voice their opinions and get information about upcoming elections.
The political climate in Zip 35062 (Dora, AL) is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, AL is somewhat liberal. In Jefferson County, AL 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 42.6%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35062 (Dora, AL) is leaning conservative.
Dora, Alabama is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, Alabama is somewhat liberal.
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.
Dora, Alabama: r r d d d D
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 35062 (Dora)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 107 contributions totaling $3,115 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $3,895 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)