The politics in 35741 Huntsville, AL are largely influenced by the Republican party. Huntsville has traditionally been a conservative area and continues to remain so today. Recently, the issue of local government has become a focus, especially with the growing population. Mayor Tommy Battle heads up the city government and is working hard to create more jobs and improve infrastructure. The main point of contention between candidates recently has been over taxes, with Republicans pushing for lower taxes while Democrats argue for higher taxes to offset rising costs. It is important that residents become informed about local candidates and their stances on issues before heading to the polls in any given election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 35741 (Huntsville, 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 35741 (Huntsville, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Huntsville, 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.
Huntsville, 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 35741 (Huntsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $19,638 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 230 contributions totaling $72,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $317 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)