Mobile, AL is the largest city in Mobile County and is located in the southwestern corner of Alabama. The city has a history of political involvement and is known for its strong support for local government. In the 2016 presidential election, Mobile County chose to vote overwhelmingly in favor of Republican nominee Donald Trump, with over 68% of voters choosing him. At the municipal level, Mobile has a mayor-council system of government, with a mayor elected at large and seven council members elected from each of seven districts. The Mayor is Sandy Stimpson, who was first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. The City Council plays an important role in setting the budget and deciding on city ordinances. Some of the key issues facing Mobile are poverty, crime, infrastructure improvements and education reform.
The political climate in Zip 36617 (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 36617 (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 36617 (Mobile)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 107 contributions totaling $14,762 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,239 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $413 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)