The politics in 35501 Jasper, AL is largely influenced by the Alabama state government. The area is represented in the US House of Representatives by District 4 Republican Robert Aderholt. He has served in this role since 1997 and works to ensure the interests of his constituents are heard and taken into account. At the state level, District 17 Republican Dave Ralston represents residents of 35501 Jasper, AL in the Alabama State House of Representatives. Ralston has been reelected several times since 2009 and has been a strong advocate for local businesses and constituents. Like most areas of Alabama, registered Republicans outnumber registered Democrats here, so local elections are often competitive between these two parties.
The political climate in Zip 35501 (Jasper, AL) is strongly conservative.
Walker County, AL is very conservative. In Walker County, AL 15.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 15.5%.
Walker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35501 (Jasper, AL) is strongly conservative.
Jasper, Alabama is strongly conservative.
Walker County, Alabama is very conservative.
Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area is moderately 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.
Jasper, 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 35501 (Jasper)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 196 contributions totaling $13,179 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $19,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)