Merry leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.
About 85% of adults in Merry typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Merry, ~38% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Merry compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Merry leans more Republican than 14 of 51 neighbors.
Merry runs about 21 points more Democratic than Alabama as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Merry. The east side runs the most Democratic (D+28) and the north side runs the most Republican (R+27), a spread of about 55 points.
Why Merry leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Merry, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 82% of households in Merry are family households, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Dense places usually vote Democratic, but Merry runs against that pattern.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Merry, AL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Merry looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Merry is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Merry have completed high school, above 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Pike Road, AL R+6
- Cecil, AL R+23
- Brassell, AL D+53
- Perrys Mill, AL R+18
- Emerald Mountain, AL R+59
- Ware, AL R+48
- Mathews, AL R+21
- Montgomery, AL D+44
- Redland, AL R+46
Cities with Similar Populations
- Russell, FL R+48
- Pleasant View Village, IN R+52
- Buffalo Junction, VA R+35
- Camanche North Shore, CA R+45
- Elsah, IL R+32
- Mount Pleasant, FL D+57
- South Waverly, PA R+26
- Seiling, OK R+72
- Milnor, ND R+50
- Wayland, MO R+60
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Alabama Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.