The politics in 36111 Montgomery, AL are determined by the Montgomery County government. The county is headed by the Board of Commissioners, who are elected to four-year terms. The Board of Commissioners oversees a wide range of activities and departments such as public works, law enforcement, health services, and planning & zoning. Additionally, residents of Montgomery can vote for their mayor and city council members during local elections. In addition to local government and elected officials in 36111 Montgomery, AL citizens have the opportunity to participate in national politics through voting in presidential and congressional elections. Through these processes, citizens have the ability to help shape their community's future by choosing political candidates who will represent their interests best.
The political climate in Zip 36111 (Montgomery, AL) is moderately liberal.
Montgomery County, AL is strongly liberal. In Montgomery County, AL 65.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.1% to 33.6%.
Montgomery county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36111 (Montgomery, AL) is moderately liberal.
Montgomery, Alabama is moderately liberal.
Montgomery County, Alabama is strongly liberal.
Montgomery Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Montgomery, 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 36111 (Montgomery)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 440 contributions totaling $80,351 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 680 contributions totaling $671,620 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $988 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)