Parrish, AL is a small unincorporated community located in Walker County. The area does not have any elected representation at the local political level due to its size and lack of a municipal government. Despite this, local residents are still heavily involved in politics and take great pride in voicing their opinions on various state-level issues that may have an impact on the region. For example, in recent years there has been a strong push for greater environmental protection policies as well as increased funding for public education initiatives. Additionally, many of the local citizens are active members of both major political parties and participate actively in state-level campaigns and debates. Regardless of party affiliation, it is clear that Parrish residents take great interest in making sure their voices are heard when it comes to matters of politics and policy.
The political climate in Zip 35580 (Parrish, AL) is very conservative.
Walker County, AL is very conservative. In Walker County, AL 15.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 15.5%.
Walker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35580 (Parrish, AL) is very conservative.
Parrish, Alabama is very conservative.
Walker 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.
Parrish, 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 35580 (Parrish)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $4,835 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $440 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)