Huntsville, AL (35816) is a city located in Madison County that has seen a huge population growth over the past decade. It is home to many large employers such as NASA, Boeing and Cummings Research Park, making it an attractive place for individuals and businesses alike. The local politics of 35816 Huntsville are heavily influenced by the growing population, and there are several candidates running for various political offices in 2020. Some of these candidates include Matt Simpson who is running for Mayor; Laura Hall who is running for State Representative; and Charlie Stallings who is running for State Senate. All these candidates have unique backgrounds and goals to help improve the community in Huntsville. Through their respective campaigns, these candidates aim to create jobs, reduce crime, increase access to quality education, promote economic development and more. Residents of Huntsville will have the opportunity to cast their votes on November 3rd 2020 and decide who will lead them in terms of local government policies
The political climate in Zip 35816 (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 35816 (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 35816 (Huntsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 277 contributions totaling $12,032 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $25,455 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)