Tuscaloosa, AL (35404) is a thriving city of over 100,000 people located in central Alabama. The city is served by a City Council-Manager form of government and is led by Mayor Walt Maddox. The City Council consists of five members elected at large to four year terms on a staggered basis. The Tuscaloosa City Schools Board of Education is responsible for overseeing the public education system which includes eleven elementary schools, four middle schools, two high schools and one magnet school. In addition to these school boards, there are also several local political candidates in the area who are running for office. Issues being pushed by these candidates include improving infrastructure in the city, developing job opportunities for residents and advocating for better healthcare resources in Tuscaloosa.
The political climate in Zip 35404 (Tuscaloosa, AL) is leaning conservative.
Tuscaloosa County, AL is somewhat conservative. In Tuscaloosa County, AL 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuscaloosa county remained strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.9%.
Tuscaloosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35404 (Tuscaloosa, AL) is leaning conservative.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama is leaning conservative.
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Tuscaloosa 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.
Tuscaloosa, 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 35404 (Tuscaloosa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 478 contributions totaling $39,863 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 210 contributions totaling $25,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)