The politics of 36605 Mobile, AL are largely influenced by the state and national government. The district is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Republican Bradley Byrne while Jeff Sessions represents its population in the US Senate as a Republican as well. In terms of local politics, Mobile City Council consists of nine council members who are elected to staggered four-year terms in single-member districts, allowing residents to have direct access to their local representatives. The mayor is also elected for a four-year term and chairs the council meetings and serves as an advocate of the community whenever it comes to advocating for resources or addressing issues that affect the city’s residents. Along with this form of democratic representation, there are various interest groups such as neighborhood associations, business leaders and non-profits that drive public debate on important topics shaping life within 36605 Mobile, AL.
The political climate in Zip 36605 (Mobile, AL) is leaning conservative.
Mobile County, AL is somewhat conservative. In Mobile County, AL 43.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mobile county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.4%.
Mobile county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36605 (Mobile, AL) is leaning conservative.
Mobile, Alabama is leaning conservative.
Mobile County, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Mobile Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Mobile, 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 36605 (Mobile)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 178 contributions totaling $11,701 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $24,615 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)