The politics of 35213 Mountain Brook, AL are heavily influenced by the city's focus on maintaining its affluent status and quality of life. The local government is comprised of a mayor, city council members, and various boards and commissions that all work together to ensure the best interests of the community are met. Local candidates for office in 35213 Mountain Brook typically prioritize keeping taxes low and preserving the safety and beauty of the area while also advocating for continued economic development that benefits residents. Many candidates also focus on addressing issues like public transportation, quality education, housing affordability, public services access, and environmental protection. In addition to local campaigns, residents may take part in national political debates through voting or other forms of civic engagement.
The political climate in Zip 35213 (Mountain Brook, AL) is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, AL is somewhat liberal. In Jefferson County, AL 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 42.6%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35213 (Mountain Brook, AL) is leaning liberal.
Mountain Brook, Alabama is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, Alabama is somewhat liberal.
Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area is moderately 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.
Mountain Brook, Alabama: r r 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 35213 (Mountain Brook)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,507 contributions totaling $646,587 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,314 contributions totaling $1,114,049 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $848 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)