Mount Olive, a rural town located in Coosa County, Alabama, does not hold local political elections. The county is part of the larger state of Alabama and citizens can vote in state and federal elections. As such, there are no local political candidates to name. The politics of Mount Olive are closely aligned with those of the wider state with the majority supporting conservative values and party policies. In recent years, Mount Olive has seen an increased interest in environmental sustainability and preservation initiatives that have been embraced by many in the community. Overall, politics in Mount Olive remain moderate and rooted within a conservative framework that reflects the values of its citizens.
The political climate in Mount Olive (Coosa County), AL is strongly conservative.
Coosa County, AL is very conservative. In Coosa County, AL 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.3% to 32.8%.
Coosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Olive (Coosa County), AL is strongly conservative.
Coosa County, Alabama is very conservative.
Talladega-Sylacauga Metro Area is strongly 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.
Mount Olive (Coosa County), 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 Mount Olive (Coosa County), AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $3,905 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)