The politics in Montgomery, AL, 36117 are largely reflective of the state’s political climate as a whole. The city is located in Montgomery County which is a Democratic-leaning region. The county's congressional delegation consists of U.S. Representatives Terri Sewell (D) and Martha Roby (R). At the state level, Senator Bobby Singleton (D) and Representative Thad McClammy (D) represent Montgomery County in the Alabama State Legislature. Both are Democrats who have fought for issues like expanding access to healthcare and maintaining education funding in the area. In local politics, Montgomery has had two mayors since 1999 – current mayor Steven Reed (D) and former mayor Todd Strange (R). Mayor Reed was elected in 2019 after a run-off election with his Republican opponent David Woods, carrying over 80 percent of the vote. He has since worked to bring new jobs to the city as well as improve infrastructure and public safety initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 36117 (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 36117 (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 36117 (Montgomery)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 968 contributions totaling $196,826 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,031 contributions totaling $1,730,410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,678 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)