Huntsville, AL is the county seat of Madison County and the largest city in Northern Alabama. It is a vibrant, diverse area with a population of nearly 200,000 people. The city has an active political scene that is centered around the mayor's office and the city council. The current mayor, Tommy Battle, has been in office since 2008 and is up for re-election this year. The city council consists of nine members who are elected at large to serve four-year terms. Together they set policy and create legislation for the citizens of Huntsville.
The politics in 35802 Huntsville, AL involve many issues ranging from education to economic development. Locally elected officials focus on improving public safety and meeting the needs of their constituents by making sure that essential services are available to all citizens. They also work to ensure that businesses can thrive and new jobs can be created within the community. In addition, local leaders strive to make sure that all residents have a voice in government by promoting civic engagement through events like town hall meetings and public forums where ideas can be shared about important topics affecting the community.
The political climate in Zip 35802 (Huntsville, AL) is leaning 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 35802 (Huntsville, AL) is leaning conservative.
Huntsville, Alabama is leaning 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 35802 (Huntsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,832 contributions totaling $186,303 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 897 contributions totaling $385,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $430 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)