Pell City, AL is a suburban city located in St. Clair County. It has an estimated population of over 12,000 people and is served by a mayor-council form of government. The mayor, Phillip W. Sims, was elected in 2012 and serves as the head of the local government. The council consists of seven members who are elected at large to four year terms and are responsible for setting policy and budgets. They serve as an advisory board to the mayor as well as providing guidance on matters concerning the community's growth and development. Additionally, there are several state representatives that represent Pell City in Montgomery at the Alabama State Capitol. Issues like education, healthcare, taxes, infrastructure improvements, economic development and many other important matters are discussed at these levels of government in order to ensure Pell City remains a safe and prosperous place to live for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 35128 (Pell City, AL) is very conservative.
St. Clair County, AL is very conservative. In St. Clair County, AL 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Clair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.4% to 17.4%.
St. Clair county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35128 (Pell City, AL) is very conservative.
Pell City, Alabama is very conservative.
St. Clair 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.
Pell City, 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 35128 (Pell City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 98 contributions totaling $31,538 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $322 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $16,023 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)