The city of Decatur, AL (35601) is located in the northern region of the state and is known for its bustling business atmosphere. This city has a mayor-council form of government, where the mayor and six council members are democratically elected by residents to represent their interests. The current mayor, Tab Bowling, was elected in 2019. The council members are Jack Cohen, Jerry Doss, Steve Marston, Ray Nettleton, Chuck Seger and Mary Sue Underwood. Together they work diligently to ensure that Decatur remains a great place to live with their focus on providing quality public services and promoting economic development. Residents can get involved with local politics by attending the City Council meetings or participating in local elections. Regardless of party affiliation, everyone has an opportunity to make their voice heard and contribute to making Decatur a place that works for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 35601 (Decatur, AL) is strongly conservative.
Morgan County, AL is very conservative. In Morgan County, AL 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morgan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.8% to 24.6%.
Morgan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35601 (Decatur, AL) is strongly conservative.
Decatur, Alabama is strongly conservative.
Morgan County, Alabama is very conservative.
Decatur 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.
Decatur, 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 35601 (Decatur)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 421 contributions totaling $25,363 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 305 contributions totaling $93,312 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)