Trussville, Alabama is a city located in Jefferson County and it is known for its small-town charm. The city is governed by a mayor and seven members of the city council who are elected to four-year terms. All eight officials strive to make sure that Trussville remains a safe, friendly community with plenty of activities for visitors and residents alike. The current mayor is Jeff Hyatt, who has been in office since 2014, while other members of the council include: Donnie Westmorland, Hugh Stumpf, Bill Barnett, Heather Browning, Stephanie Anderson, Keith Box and Judy Yates. Together these leaders are working hard to ensure that Trussville remains a great place to live and work in. They are constantly making plans to improve the city's infrastructure as well as promote economic growth through initiatives like creating more jobs and helping local businesses grow. In addition to their efforts on the political front they also focus on public safety issues such as crime prevention and improving education for all citizens.
The political climate in Trussville, AL is leaning conservative.
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
Trussville, AL is leaning conservative.
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.
Trussville, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Trussville, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,995 contributions totaling $203,807 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,500 contributions totaling $589,766 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)