Huntsville, AL 35805 is a major city located in Madison County. It is the county seat and serves as the center of government for the county. As such, Huntsville plays an important role in Alabama politics. Several major state offices are housed here, including those of the governor and lieutenant governor as well as many others who serve on various committees and commissions. On the local level, there are several elected officials that oversee different areas of government activity, such as the City Council, School Board, and Sheriff's Office. Each election cycle brings out candidates from all political affiliations to represent their constituents on issues ranging from taxes to public safety. Additionally, Alabama regularly holds special elections for certain offices so that citizens can elect their preferred candidate or measure whenever necessary.
The political climate in Zip 35805 (Huntsville, AL) is leaning liberal.
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 35805 (Huntsville, AL) is leaning liberal.
Huntsville, Alabama is leaning liberal.
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 35805 (Huntsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 133 contributions totaling $4,347 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $64,359 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $766 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)