Huntsville, AL is a vibrant city located in Madison County. It is home to a diverse population of over 200,000 people and its economy is largely driven by aerospace and technology industries. The city also boasts numerous cultural attractions, including the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and the Huntsville Botanical Gardens.
Huntsville is served by three members of the Alabama House of Representatives—Anthony Daniels, Mike Ball, and Laura Hall—all of whom have been active in their local politics for many years. Additionally, both Madison County and the State of Alabama are represented in Congress by Mo Brooks and Robert Aderholt, respectively. Furthermore, Huntsville’s Mayor Tommy Battle has been an enthusiastic advocate for economic development in the city since taking office in 2009. With such strong representation from both the state and local level, Huntsville remains a popular place to live with residents enjoying all aspects of their local political environments.
The political climate in Zip 35763 (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 35763 (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 35763 (Huntsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 589 contributions totaling $68,876 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 460 contributions totaling $182,684 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $397 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)