Mount Olive, a small town located in Jefferson County, Alabama, is home to a vibrant community made up of diverse backgrounds. Despite its size, the politics of Mount Olive are still important to its citizens. Local elections are held each year and residents have the opportunity to vote for candidates who will best represent their interests. The local government is responsible for providing services such as fire protection, road maintenance, and recreation to the citizens of Mount Olive. Candidates in these local races come from diverse political backgrounds and discuss issues that affect the community such as public safety and education. The citizens of Mount Olive take pride in being able to choose their representatives and are actively involved in the local political process throughout the year.
The political climate in Mount Olive (Jefferson County), AL is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, AL is somewhat liberal. In Jefferson County, AL 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 42.6%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Olive (Jefferson County), AL is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, Alabama is somewhat liberal.
Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area is moderately 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 (Jefferson County), Alabama: r 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 Mount Olive (Jefferson County), AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 336 contributions totaling $28,764 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 338 contributions totaling $24,204 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)