Belle Fontaine, AL is a small town located in the southern part of the state. It is predominantly rural and has a tight-knit community. Though it is small, Belle Fontaine has an active political life with local elections that are hotly contested. Every year, residents of Belle Fontaine come out to vote for their candidates of choice in local races for mayor and city council members. These elections often draw out large numbers of citizens who value their right to participate in the democratic process. Candidates for these positions are usually well known within the community and have strong reputations as hardworking people who care about the welfare of Belle Fontaine's citizens. Residents take pride in their local government and regularly express support for their elected officials.
The political climate in Belle Fontaine, AL is moderately conservative.
Mobile County, AL is somewhat conservative. In Mobile County, AL 43.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mobile county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.4%.
Mobile county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Belle Fontaine, AL is moderately conservative.
Mobile County, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Mobile Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Belle Fontaine, 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 Belle Fontaine, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 211 contributions totaling $29,181 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $33,474 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)