Wilsonville, AL is a small city located in Shelby County. As of the last census, it has an estimated population of 2,932 citizens. The city is governed by a mayor and five council members who are elected by the people to serve four-year terms. Wilsonville is part of Alabama's 8th Congressional District and is represented in Congress by Terri Sewell. Locally, residents can be involved in politics through their local Republican or Democratic party to help shape the decisions made within Wilsonville. Issues that have recently been discussed include improvements to infrastructure such as roads and bridges, tax incentives for business owners, and crime prevention strategies. Through participation in local political events and forums, Wilsonville residents can engage with candidates running for office to discuss their concerns and views on important issues affecting the community.
The political climate in Zip 35186 (Wilsonville, AL) is very conservative.
Shelby County, AL is very conservative. In Shelby County, AL 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35186 (Wilsonville, AL) is very conservative.
Wilsonville, Alabama is very conservative.
Shelby County, Alabama is very conservative.
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.
Wilsonville, 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 35186 (Wilsonville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $1,624 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $5,064 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)