Theodore, AL is a small town in Mobile County with an estimated population of over 15,000 people. It is part of the Mobile metropolitan area and has been represented in the Alabama Senate by John T. Smith since 2010. In the House of Representatives, Theodore is represented by Adline Clarke who was elected in 2018. The town is also served by four members on its City Council as well as various boards and commissions responsible for managing the local government's affairs. The Mayor of Theodore is David Nichols who was first elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020. Theodore has a long history of political engagement with citizens actively supporting their local elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 36582 (Theodore, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Mobile County, AL is somewhat conservative. In Mobile County, AL 43.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mobile county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.4%.
Mobile county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36582 (Theodore, AL) is somewhat conservative.
Theodore, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Mobile County, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Mobile 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.
Theodore, 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 36582 (Theodore)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 211 contributions totaling $29,181 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $33,474 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)