Valley Grande, AL is a small town located in the heart of Alabama's Black Belt region. Though its population size is relatively small, Valley Grande is an important part of the state's political landscape. The town is represented in the state legislature by State Senator James C. Barnette, who was first elected to his position in 2018 and has since become a powerful voice at the state capitol advocating for issues affecting his constituents. Locally, Valley Grande is served by members of both major political parties on its city council and mayor's office. In 2020, Lisa Smith won her election to become Valley Grande's first African-American mayor, demonstrating the town's growing commitment to diversity and inclusion in leadership roles. As Valley Grande continues to evolve politically and culturally, its citizens can look forward to continued strong representation at all levels of government.
The political climate in Valley Grande, AL is somewhat liberal.
Dallas County, AL is very liberal. In Dallas County, AL 68.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.5% to 30.9%.
Dallas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Valley Grande, AL is somewhat liberal.
Dallas County, Alabama is very liberal.
Selma Metro Area is very 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.
Valley Grande, Alabama: D D 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 Valley Grande, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 220 contributions totaling $15,126 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $42,589 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)