Dayton, AL is a small town located in Escambia County. It has a tight-knit community and is known for its friendly people and traditional southern charm. Despite its small size, Dayton has an active local political scene. Local politicians often focus on issues such as education reform and economic development. Candidates are usually focused on the well-being of the community and have held town hall meetings to discuss possible solutions to local problems. Additionally, several parties such as Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green Party, and Independent have candidates running for office in Dayton. With the upcoming elections, there will likely be an increased focus on these issues as the citizens of Dayton come together to make their voices heard.
The political climate in Dayton, AL is leaning conservative.
Marengo County, AL is leaning liberal. In Marengo County, AL 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marengo county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.3% to 49.0%.
Marengo county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dayton, AL is leaning conservative.
Marengo County, Alabama is leaning liberal.
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.
Dayton, Alabama: d r d d d d
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 Dayton, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $2,059 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $3,819 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)