Fairhope, AL is a small city located in Baldwin County, with a population of over 22,000 people. Politically speaking, Fairhope is primarily represented at the state level by members of the Republican party. At the local level, the City Council consists of six members elected from single-member districts. The council is responsible for making decisions related to financial planning and budgeting, development and land use regulations, public safety, and many other issues related to city governance. In addition to electing local representatives for the City Council, residents of Fairhope also have the opportunity to vote on statewide initiatives such as bond referendums and tax increases.
The political climate in Zip 36532 (Fairhope, AL) is strongly 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 36532 (Fairhope, AL) is strongly conservative.
Fairhope, Alabama is strongly 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.
Fairhope, 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 36532 (Fairhope)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,437 contributions totaling $164,643 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 879 contributions totaling $208,334 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)