Gainesville, AL 35464 is a vibrant, small city with a population of approximately 3,000 people. The political landscape in Gainesville is governed by the mayor and five city council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. The current mayor is Carl McFarland and the current council members are Charles Barnes, Janice Bell, Donna Johnson, Gary Meeks and Jody Warren. Together they work towards improving the quality of life for all residents in Gainesville. Local elections are held every two years to ensure residents have a voice in their local government. Every year, new candidates can run for office and many local organizations hold debates or forums to help educate voters on the issues at hand. Residents also have access to City Council meetings as well as other opportunities to engage with their local government leaders.
The political climate in Zip 35464 (Gainesville, AL) is strongly liberal.
Sumter County, AL is very liberal. In Sumter County, AL 73.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumter county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 73.9% to 25.4%.
Sumter county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35464 (Gainesville, AL) is strongly liberal.
Gainesville, Alabama is strongly liberal.
Sumter County, Alabama is very liberal.
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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.
Gainesville, Alabama: D D 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 35464 (Gainesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)