Vina, AL is a small town of roughly 500 people located in the northwest corner of Alabama. It is a rural community with strong family values and traditions. Politically, Vina leans heavily towards conservative values and has traditionally been a Republican stronghold. Local elections are often won or lost on the basis of small differences in voter turnout as well as local issues that resonate with the people of Vina. Despite its small size, Vina has an active political scene and local candidates vie for election each year to serve their community. They must answer to both their constituents and outside pressure groups who wish to influence policy within the town. As such, residents must be diligent when choosing who they want to represent them and make sure that they vote for somebody who shares their values and beliefs.
The political climate in Vina, AL is very conservative.
Franklin County, AL is very conservative. In Franklin County, AL 16.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.5% to 16.6%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vina, AL is very conservative.
Franklin County, Alabama is very 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.
Vina, 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 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 Vina, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $3,658 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $8,667 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)