New Market, AL in 35761 is a small rural town with a population of about 329 people. The town does not have any local political candidates as it is too small for that kind of infrastructure. The area is largely a farming community where many of the citizens are more focused on day to day life than politics. Despite this the people do still vote in national and state elections, taking part in the democratic process to understand how their government works and how they can best take action. Despite its size, New Market plays an important role in shaping the political landscape of Alabama as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 35761 (New Market, AL) is somewhat 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 35761 (New Market, AL) is somewhat conservative.
New Market, Alabama is somewhat 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.
New Market, 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 35761 (New Market)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 409 contributions totaling $24,843 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $17,070 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)