Vestavia Hills, AL is located in the northern part of Alabama and has a population of 34,033 according to the most recent census. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with a mayor elected at large and five councilors elected from five districts. The current mayor is Ashley Curry, who was recently re-elected for her third term in office in 2020. Vestavia Hills also elects representatives to the Alabama state legislature, with two members serving in both the House of Representatives and Senate. The city is also home to numerous political organizations that focus on local issues such as education, economic development, and infrastructure. These groups are often involved in helping to promote local candidates and shape public opinion on important topics. In addition to local politics, Vestavia Hills is part of Jefferson County which has several representatives who serve in the U.S Congress representing Alabama's 6th Congressional District.
The political climate in Zip 35216 (Vestavia Hills, AL) is somewhat 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 35216 (Vestavia Hills, AL) is somewhat liberal.
Vestavia Hills, Alabama is somewhat 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.
Vestavia Hills, 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 35216 (Vestavia Hills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,767 contributions totaling $405,872 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 600 contributions totaling $262,372 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $437 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)