Politics in 35173 Trussville, AL are typically focused on issues that would benefit the local residents such as infrastructure, education, and public safety. The city is served by an elected mayor and five-member City Council. The council consists of two district members and three at-large members, all elected to four-year terms. Local elections for positions on the City Council are held in election years divisible by four, when the mayor's seat is also up for election. Additionally, residents of Trussville can vote in larger state and national elections as well. In recent years, Trussville has seen a number of initiatives aimed at improving conditions locally, including improved transportation options and increased funding for public schools. Local candidates who have recently campaigned actively for office include both incumbents and challengers from both major political parties.
The political climate in Zip 35173 (Trussville, AL) is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, AL is somewhat liberal. In Jefferson County, AL 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 42.6%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35173 (Trussville, AL) is leaning liberal.
Trussville, Alabama is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, Alabama is somewhat liberal.
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.
Trussville, Alabama: r r 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 35173 (Trussville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 182 contributions totaling $15,958 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 289 contributions totaling $93,429 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)