The city of 35579 Oakman, AL is part of Walker County which is represented in the Alabama state house and senate by Republican Representatives Scott Stadthagen and Will Ainsworth. At the local level, Oakman residents elect a Mayor who presides over the City Council. The current Mayor is Jack Smith who was democratically elected in 2018. The council works with the Mayor to set policies and manage local affairs such as public safety, infrastructure, economic development, education, and land use. All citizens are encouraged to get involved and participate in the political process through voting or attending Council meetings for their voice to be heard. This ensures that everyone has an equal say in how the city is run and that all citizens have a stake in its success.
The political climate in Zip 35579 (Oakman, AL) is very conservative.
Walker County, AL is very conservative. In Walker County, AL 15.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 15.5%.
Walker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35579 (Oakman, AL) is very conservative.
Oakman, Alabama is very conservative.
Walker County, Alabama is very conservative.
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.
Oakman, 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 35579 (Oakman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $3,146 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)