35978 Henagar, AL is a small rural town located in the northeastern corner of Alabama. Politically, the town leans conservative. In recent years, local elections have been dominated by Republican candidates and conservative initiatives. The mayor of Henagar is currently Beau Gober who was elected in 2018. He is a strong proponent for small government and fiscal responsibility. Furthermore, he works to maintain the traditional values of the town while also advocating for modern solutions necessary to keep the community progressing and thriving.
The political climate in Zip 35978 (Henagar, AL) is very conservative.
DeKalb County, AL is very conservative. In DeKalb County, AL 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.4% to 14.6%.
DeKalb county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35978 (Henagar, AL) is very conservative.
Henagar, Alabama is very conservative.
DeKalb County, Alabama is very conservative.
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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.
Henagar, 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 35978 (Henagar)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $1,842 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)