Politics in 35622 Falkville, AL are handled by the local government and include representatives elected to serve on the County Commission, City Council, and School Board. The elected officials for Falkville vary depending on election year, but generally include a Mayor and four City Councilors who make decisions about local ordinances and services. The County Commission is composed of 5 members who approve or reject items such as zoning changes, budgets and contracts for county services. School board members are responsible for overseeing educational policies in the district, developing curriculums, budgeting, and school improvement plans. Elections in this area take place every two years with all positions up for re-election at that time.
The political climate in Zip 35622 (Falkville, AL) is very conservative.
Morgan County, AL is very conservative. In Morgan County, AL 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morgan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.8% to 24.6%.
Morgan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35622 (Falkville, AL) is very conservative.
Falkville, Alabama is very conservative.
Morgan County, Alabama is very conservative.
Decatur 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.
Falkville, 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 35622 (Falkville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,470 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $7,410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)