The small city of Hurtsboro, AL (36860) is known for its rich history and strong sense of community. Politically speaking, Hurtsboro is a deeply conservative area. Most residents tend to support the Republican Party and are vocal advocates of traditional values and beliefs. In recent years, local political campaigns have become more active in the community as candidates seek to represent the interests of their constituents. While there are no candidates running for office in 36860 at this time, it's likely that future elections will bring about much needed change in Hurtsboro's politics as new leaders emerge to tackle issues such as economic development, education reform, crime prevention, and infrastructure improvements. In any case, it's clear that the people of Hurtsboro remain passionate and engaged in all matters related to politics.
The political climate in Zip 36860 (Hurtsboro, AL) is leaning liberal.
Russell County, AL is leaning liberal. In Russell County, AL 52.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Russell county remained moderately Democratic, 52.6% to 46.2%.
Russell county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36860 (Hurtsboro, AL) is leaning liberal.
Hurtsboro, Alabama is leaning liberal.
Russell County, Alabama is leaning liberal.
Columbus Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Hurtsboro, Alabama: D d d D d d
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 36860 (Hurtsboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $770 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)