Tuscumbia, AL is a small town in the state of Alabama with a population of around 8,000. It is known for its charming historic downtown district and its strong sense of community. Politically, Tuscumbia tends to vote Republican in local and national elections. The current mayor of Tuscumbia is Mary Sue McClurkin, who was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. In addition to the mayor's office, there are two city council members representing each of the four wards located within the city limits. Council members are elected by popular vote for staggered four-year terms. Other political offices include county commissioners, circuit court judges, sheriffs, and representatives to the state legislature. Generally speaking, residents of Tuscumbia tend to focus on issues like infrastructure improvements and education initiatives as they relate to local government politics.
The political climate in Zip 35674 (Tuscumbia, AL) is strongly conservative.
Colbert County, AL is very conservative. In Colbert County, AL 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colbert county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.9%.
Colbert county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35674 (Tuscumbia, AL) is strongly conservative.
Tuscumbia, Alabama is strongly conservative.
Colbert County, Alabama is very conservative.
Florence-Muscle Shoals Metro Area is very 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.
Tuscumbia, Alabama: d 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 35674 (Tuscumbia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 528 contributions totaling $27,899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $21,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)