Mount Willing is a Democratic stronghold. About 83% of voters here vote Democratic and 17% Republican.
About 88% of adults in Mount Willing typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mount Willing, ~73% vote Democratic, ~15% Republican, and ~12% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mount Willing compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mount Willing leans more Democratic than 35 of 40 neighbors.
Mount Willing runs about 96 points more Democratic than Alabama as a whole. Alabama leans Republican overall, while Mount Willing is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Mount Willing. The northeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+80) and the northwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+35), a spread of about 45 points.
Why Mount Willing 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 Mount Willing, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural, majority-Black areas of the Southern Black Belt vote Democratic, against the usual rural pattern. About 91% of residents in Mount Willing are Black or African American, about 68 points above the Alabama average of 24%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 49% of adults in Mount Willing have never been married, above 98% of cities. Mount Willing runs against the grain of Alabama, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Mount Willing, AL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Mount Willing looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Mount Willing is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 39%, about 15 points below the Alabama average of 54%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Gordonville, AL D+78
- Mosses, AL D+80
- Minter, AL D+26
- Fort Deposit, AL D+30
- Collirene, AL D+77
- Hayneville, AL D+38
- Letohatchee, AL D+43
- Farmersville, AL D+15
- Manningham, AL D+15
Cities with Similar Populations
- North Pomfret, VT D+30
- Oasis, UT R+82
- Ocean Forest, SC R+46
- Luther, IN R+66
- Shoals, WV R+54
- East Germantown, IN R+54
- Gardiner, WA D+25
- Stanley, OK R+71
- Taopi, MN R+42
- Olivet Hill, MD R+29
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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.