Selma, AL is located in the Dallas County and is home to a diverse population of about 20,500 people. The city has had a long history of political involvement, particularly in the 1960s during the Civil Rights Movement when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. brought hundreds of protesters together for the famous march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Today, politics in 36703 Selma are largely shaped by its Democratic majority; Republicans only account for 28% of registered voters in Selma. Much of the city’s politics revolve around local elections, such as the mayor’s race and races for City Council representatives. Aspiring candidates must file with the Dallas County Probate Court before being placed on the ballot. Issues such as economic development, education funding, infrastructure improvements, and public safety are key topics in local politics in Selma and often drive the election campaigns of many candidates.
The political climate in Zip 36703 (Selma, AL) is strongly liberal.
Dallas County, AL is very liberal. In Dallas County, AL 68.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.5% to 30.9%.
Dallas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36703 (Selma, AL) is strongly liberal.
Selma, Alabama is strongly liberal.
Dallas County, Alabama is very liberal.
Selma Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Selma, Alabama: D D D D D D
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 36703 (Selma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $1,580 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $4,611 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)