Mentone, Alabama is an unincorporated community in DeKalb County that has a rich history and culture. Despite its small size, Mentone is a vibrant community with many civic organizations and activities. Mentone has a strong sense of patriotism with many citizens involved in local politics. In recent years, the town has held several local elections where citizens can vote for their candidate of choice. The current mayor is Bruce Graham who was elected in 2020 and is looking to make the town a better place to live for all its citizens. Mentone also hosts many events each year such as their Annual Christmas Parade which typically attracts hundreds of people from nearby towns to take part in the festivities. With the help of local politicians and government officials, Mentone continues to be an engaged and prosperous community that works hard to keep up with the times while still honoring its roots.
The political climate in Mentone, AL is strongly conservative.
DeKalb County, AL is very conservative. In DeKalb County, AL 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.4% to 14.6%.
DeKalb county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mentone, AL is strongly conservative.
DeKalb 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.
Mentone, 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 Mentone, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $15,382 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $28,280 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $643 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)