Fairfield, AL is a small town in the Jefferson County region of Alabama. It is a community that values tradition and is politically conservative, yet open to new ideas. The local politics of Fairfield are centered around the city council, which leads the municipality, and the mayor who serves as its leader. Each four-year term, new candidates from both major parties — Democratic and Republican — put themselves forward for office in order to advocate for their constituencies. This creates an environment where lively debates take place between opponents and proponents of different issues facing the community. In addition to city council elections, residents also vote on matters such as tax increases or bond measures for school districts and other public services. Overall, politics in Fairfield remains an important part of everyday life for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 35064 (Fairfield, AL) is somewhat liberal.
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 35064 (Fairfield, AL) is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield, Alabama is somewhat liberal.
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.
Fairfield, 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 35064 (Fairfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $3,871 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)