The small town of Elberta, AL is located in Baldwin County and has a population of 1,492. The town is part of the Mobile County School District and is represented by the Elberta Town Council, which consists of five members who are all elected for two year terms. In Alabama's state legislature, Elberta is included in the 35th district and is served by Representative Becky Nordgren and Senator Greg Albritton. On the national level, Elberta is represented by Bradley Byrne (R) in Congress.
The politics in 36530 Elberta are largely conservative given that Representatives Nordgren and Albritton both identify as Republicans. However, many citizens recognize that such a small community should not be divided along party lines. As a result, town council meetings tend to feature respectful dialogue between representatives from both sides of the political aisle. Moreover, a strong sense of civic pride allows residents to set aside their differences when considering issues that will affect their beloved hometown.
The political climate in Zip 36530 (Elberta, AL) is very conservative.
Baldwin County, AL is very conservative. In Baldwin County, AL 22.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baldwin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 22.4%.
Baldwin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36530 (Elberta, AL) is very conservative.
Elberta, Alabama is very conservative.
Baldwin County, Alabama is very conservative.
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley Metro Area is very 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.
Elberta, 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 36530 (Elberta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $1,760 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $43,960 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $556 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)