Located in Limestone County, Alabama, Leeds is a small town with a population of 11,773. Despite its size, Leeds has a robust political history and vibrant politics. It is governed at the local level by a mayor-council system. The current mayor is David Miller, who was elected to his first term in 2016. At the state level, Leeds is represented by two senators: Arthur Orr (R) and Tom Whatley (R). At the federal level, Leeds is represented by Congressman Robert Aderholt (R), who has held his seat since 1997. Politics in Leeds revolves around issues of economic development, public safety and education. Residents are passionate about preserving their small-town charm while ensuring their community remains safe and prosperous for future generations.
The political climate in Zip 35094 (Leeds, AL) is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, AL is somewhat liberal. In Jefferson County, AL 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 42.6%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35094 (Leeds, AL) is leaning liberal.
Leeds, Alabama is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, Alabama is somewhat liberal.
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.
Leeds, Alabama: r r 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 35094 (Leeds)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 220 contributions totaling $14,776 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $41,487 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)