Grand Bay, AL is a small town located in Mobile County. It is governed by the Mobile County Commission, which consists of seven elected members representing six districts and one county-wide representative. The current commission chair is Merceria Ludgood, who has served since 2012. Grand Bay residents have the opportunity to participate in local politics by voting in elections for their representatives on the commission as well as other local offices such as mayor, city council members, school board members, and state and federal representatives. The town also hosts numerous public forums each year where citizens can learn about important initiatives and express their opinions on various topics related to the running of the town. Participation in these meetings is key to helping shape the future of Grand Bay and ensuring that all its citizens have their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 36541 (Grand Bay, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Mobile County, AL is somewhat conservative. In Mobile County, AL 43.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mobile county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.4%.
Mobile county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36541 (Grand Bay, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Grand Bay, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Mobile County, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Mobile Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Grand Bay, 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 36541 (Grand Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $1,702 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $11,605 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)