Mentone, AL is located in DeKalb County and is part of the Alabama 5th congressional district. The area has a population of 35984 people and is represented by Congressman Mo Brooks in the US House of Representatives. Residents of Mentone are also represented by their local government officials that serve on their city council, school board, and other boards that handle matters that affect the community. The local government works to ensure that Mentone remains a safe place to live with resources for its residents. In addition to these services, the local government provides many programs such as public parks and recreation centers, public transportation, and health care initiatives. This helps make sure Mentone continues to be a great place to live and work for all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 35984 (Mentone, AL) is very conservative.
DeKalb County, AL is very conservative. In DeKalb County, AL 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.4% to 14.6%.
DeKalb county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 35984 (Mentone, AL) is very conservative.
Mentone, Alabama is very conservative.
DeKalb County, Alabama is very conservative.
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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.
Mentone, 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 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 zip 35984 (Mentone)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 105 contributions totaling $14,592 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $12,680 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $423 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)