The small city of Pelham, AL has a population of approximately 22,000 and is nestled in Shelby County. The local government is led by a mayor-council form of administration with the current mayor being Gary Waters. There are four council members that serve the citizens of Pelham and they are responsible for setting policies, approving budgets, and making sure that the needs of the community are met. Elections are held every four years for each position on the city council. In addition to these roles, there are a number of other local elected officials including sheriffs, judges, school board representatives and others. All these officials work together to ensure that the residents of Pelham can live their best lives. The politics in 35124 Pelham have always been centered around providing quality services to its citizens while also striving to make it an attractive place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 35124 (Pelham, AL) is strongly conservative.
Shelby County, AL is very conservative. In Shelby County, AL 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35124 (Pelham, AL) is strongly conservative.
Pelham, Alabama is strongly conservative.
Shelby 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.
Pelham, 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 35124 (Pelham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 455 contributions totaling $45,052 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 400 contributions totaling $167,981 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $420 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)