The small city of Gurley, AL (35748) is located in Madison County and is home to a population of around 1,200 people. Local politics take place at the county level within the Madison County Commission. Commissioners are elected every four years to represent their districts across the county. Within Gurley, there are several political issues that often come up for discussion including education, economic development, and zoning regulations. Many local residents believe that these issues should be addressed in order to ensure a brighter future for the area. Additionally, citizens of Gurley actively partake in various public forums about important local political topics and keep up with current events through their local newspapers and news outlets. In general, the citizens of Gurley take their political responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive difference in their community by bringing important issues to light.
The political climate in Zip 35748 (Gurley, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, AL is leaning conservative. In Madison County, AL 44.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 44.8%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35748 (Gurley, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Gurley, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, Alabama is leaning conservative.
Huntsville 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.
Gurley, 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 35748 (Gurley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 85 contributions totaling $22,508 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $50,297 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $402 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)