The politics of Tallassee, AL 36078 are mainly centered around local government. It has a mayor-council form of government where the mayor is elected to serve a four-year term. The city council is composed of five members, all elected at-large for four-year terms. Each year, the council elects a president and vice president from among its members to serve one-year terms in those positions. The city of Tallassee works with the county commission and other organizations to provide high quality social services, education, and public safety to its citizens. Voters in Tallassee have the opportunity to influence their local political landscape by participating in biennial elections to choose representatives from their district who will work on issues important to the community. Additionally, citizens may become active by attending meetings or joining local committees and boards to help determine policy decisions that have an impact on their daily lives.
The political climate in Zip 36078 (Tallassee, AL) is very conservative.
Elmore County, AL is very conservative. In Elmore County, AL 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.5% to 25.3%.
Elmore county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36078 (Tallassee, AL) is very conservative.
Tallassee, Alabama is very conservative.
Elmore County, Alabama is very conservative.
Montgomery Metro Area is leaning 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.
Tallassee, 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 36078 (Tallassee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $4,196 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $9,012 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)