Saraland, Alabama is a small city located in Mobile County. It has a population of around 13,000 people and is known for its strong sense of community. Politically, Saraland leans conservatively and has voted Republican in most recent elections. Local politicians have focused on issues such as improving infrastructure and providing better services for the citizens. The mayor of Saraland is Howard Rubenstein, who was first elected in 2018 and was re-elected in 2020. He has been an advocate for improving roads, increasing public safety, and expanding recreational activities for the residents of Saraland. Other local political candidates have also campaigned on similar issues this election cycle. Despite the majority conservative leanings of the city, Saraland has seen an influx of new residents from different backgrounds over the past few years who bring a unique set of perspectives to the local government.
The political climate in Zip 36571 (Saraland, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Mobile County, AL is somewhat conservative. In Mobile County, AL 43.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mobile county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.4%.
Mobile county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36571 (Saraland, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Saraland, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Mobile County, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Mobile Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Saraland, 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 36571 (Saraland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $507 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $20,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)