Huntsville, AL 35801 is a diverse and vibrant city with a unique political landscape. The city has a mayor-council form of government, which allows the citizens to have a direct say in local politics through the vote. Huntsville's mayor and nine council members are responsible for setting policy and making decisions on behalf of the citizens. The current mayor is Tommy Battle and each council member represents one of nine districts within the city. The districts are divided by population and geographic area, so that all citizens have an equal voice in local politics. There are many ways for residents to get involved in their local government from attending meetings to voting in elections. Huntsville also plays an important role in national politics as it is home to Redstone Arsenal, where many military operations take place.
The political climate in Zip 35801 (Huntsville, AL) is leaning conservative.
Madison County, AL is leaning conservative. In Madison County, AL 44.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 44.8%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35801 (Huntsville, AL) is leaning conservative.
Huntsville, Alabama is leaning conservative.
Madison County, Alabama is leaning conservative.
Huntsville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Huntsville, 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 35801 (Huntsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,580 contributions totaling $775,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,188 contributions totaling $1,011,316 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $851 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)