The city of Muscle Shoals, Alabama has a population of 13,146 and is located in Colbert County. It has a strong political presence with many elected officials representing the city in local, state and federal government. The current mayor of Muscle Shoals is David Bradford who took office in 2020. The City Council consists of five members, each elected to serve a four-year term. The Governor of Alabama is Kay Ivey who was recently reelected for another term. On the federal level, the US Representatives for Muscle Shoals are Robert Aderholt and Mo Brooks; both are Republicans. In addition, there are several local organizations dedicated to promoting civic engagement within the community such as the League of Women Voters and the Muscle Shoals Good Government League. These organizations host activities such as candidate forums and voter registration drives to educate citizens on their voting rights and encourage them to make their voices heard at the polls.
The political climate in Zip 35661 (Muscle Shoals, AL) is strongly conservative.
Colbert County, AL is very conservative. In Colbert County, AL 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colbert county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.9%.
Colbert county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35661 (Muscle Shoals, AL) is strongly conservative.
Muscle Shoals, Alabama is strongly conservative.
Colbert County, Alabama is very conservative.
Florence-Muscle Shoals Metro Area is very 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.
Muscle Shoals, Alabama: d 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 35661 (Muscle Shoals)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 125 contributions totaling $12,058 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 239 contributions totaling $48,467 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)