Vestavia Hills, AL, located in Jefferson County, is home to over 34,000 residents. This city has a Mayor-Council form of government with an elected mayor and seven council members that make up the City Council. Each member is elected for four-year staggered terms and they are responsible for setting policy and approving the budget for the city. The mayor serves as its administrative head and presides over City Council meetings and represents Vestavia Hills at various events. As part of a thriving local community, Vestavia Hills has a strong commitment to promoting civic engagement by encouraging citizens to participate in elections and get involved in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 35243 (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 35243 (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 35243 (Vestavia Hills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,702 contributions totaling $306,091 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 934 contributions totaling $488,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $523 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)