Jacksonville, AL (36265) is a small city located in Calhoun County. Politics in Jacksonville are largely dominated by the Republican party, with its current mayor, Johnny Smith, being a member of the party. The City Council is also composed of mainly Republican members. In terms of state representatives, Jacksonville is represented at the Alabama House of Representatives by District 23 Representative Ginny Shaver. Shaver has been serving since 2011 and she is also a member of the Republican Party. Local issues often revolve around education and infrastructure, and while there are no specific plans for 2020 yet, it is likely that these topics will continue to be important in this election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 36265 (Jacksonville, AL) is strongly conservative.
Calhoun County, AL is very conservative. In Calhoun County, AL 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 29.8%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36265 (Jacksonville, AL) is strongly conservative.
Jacksonville, Alabama is strongly conservative.
Calhoun County, Alabama is very conservative.
Anniston-Oxford Metro Area is very 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.
Jacksonville, 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 36265 (Jacksonville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $14,842 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 203 contributions totaling $28,061 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)