35582 Red Bay, AL is a small town in Franklin County located just north of the Florida state line. The population of Red Bay is approximately 1,800 people who are mainly employed in the timber industry, with many older residents. Politically, the town is largely conservative and votes predominantly Republican in local and national elections. Local political candidates often focus on issues that are important to Red Bay's residents such as protecting agricultural land from development and promoting economic growth within the city limits. As a result, there is a strong sense of community pride and engagement with local politics among Red Bay's citizens.
The political climate in Zip 35582 (Red Bay, AL) is very conservative.
Franklin County, AL is very conservative. In Franklin County, AL 16.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.5% to 16.6%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35582 (Red Bay, AL) is very conservative.
Red Bay, Alabama is very conservative.
Franklin County, Alabama is very conservative.
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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.
Red Bay, 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 35582 (Red Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $3,658 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $8,667 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)