Marengo County, Alabama is a rural county with limited political representation. The local government consists of four representatives that are elected by the people of Marengo County. These representatives are responsible for making decisions on issues that affect the people in the county such as environmental policies and taxes. The local candidates for office include Bob Smith who is running for Mayor, Tom Johnson for Sheriff, and Jane Anderson for City Councilwoman. All of these candidates have a deep understanding of the needs of the citizens in Marengo County and have expressed their commitment to serving their community and advocating for its residents. They will all be working hard to make sure that the people living in Marengo County have access to quality services and opportunities.
The political climate in 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
Marengo County, AL is leaning liberal.
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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.
Marengo, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Marengo County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $7,470 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $10,603 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)