Marion, Alabama, with the zip code 36756 is a small town located in northwest Alabama. Politically, Marion is heavily Democratic. In the 2020 election cycle, most local political candidates ran under the Democratic party banner and were elected into office. Issues important to the citizens of Marion include access to healthcare, education, infrastructure investment and job growth. The town has a strong sense of community and works together to create solutions to meet the needs of its residents. With an active local government in place and an engaged citizenry, Marion can be sure that it will continue to have a voice in politics for many years to come.
The political climate in Zip 36756 (Marion, AL) is strongly liberal.
Perry County, AL is very liberal. In Perry County, AL 73.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perry county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 73.8% to 25.6%.
Perry county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36756 (Marion, AL) is strongly liberal.
Marion, Alabama is strongly liberal.
Perry County, Alabama is very liberal.
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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.
Marion, 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 36756 (Marion)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $3,756 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $3,247 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)