The city of Harpersville, AL (zip code 35078) is a small rural municipality that has a population of just over 1,400 people. Despite its small size, there is still a significant amount of political activity in the city. The mayor is currently Richard A. Johnson who was elected to office in 2014 and is up for re-election this year. There are also three City Council members who were elected in 2018 and will be up for reelection in 2022. Each member represents the different districts within the city, providing the residents with representation on a variety of topics such as infrastructure, public safety and economic development. In addition to local governmental officials, Harpersville also elects representatives to the state legislature and Congress on both a federal and state level. The community participates actively in these elections by attending candidate forums and voicing their opinions through voting at polls or absentee ballots. All together, these elections keep Harpersville's politics vibrant and represent an important part of this small town's character.
The political climate in Zip 35078 (Harpersville, AL) is very conservative.
Shelby County, AL is very conservative. In Shelby County, AL 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35078 (Harpersville, AL) is very conservative.
Harpersville, Alabama is very conservative.
Shelby County, Alabama is very conservative.
Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area is moderately 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.
Harpersville, 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 35078 (Harpersville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $9,877 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)