Oxford, MS is a vibrant and historic City in North Mississippi. It is home to the University of Mississippi, affectionately known as “Ole Miss”. The city is served by a mayor-council system of government and is represented in the Mississippi State Legislature by both senators and representatives. The local politics of Oxford are quite active with numerous issues being discussed regularly such as education, public safety, economic development, infrastructure, healthcare access, transportation and more. The City Council meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 4:30 p.m., and there are often debates on major issues that arise from these meetings. The Mayor serves as the chief executive officer and works closely with city staff to ensure that all municipal services are delivered effectively and efficiently. Each election season sees an influx of candidates who run for office to represent their constituents and local interests. Oxford residents take pride in participating in local elections by voting for candidates who best reflect their values and ideals.
The political climate in Oxford, MS is leaning conservative.
Lafayette County, MS is somewhat conservative. In Lafayette County, MS 43.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.0%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oxford, MS is leaning conservative.
Lafayette County, Mississippi is somewhat conservative.
Oxford Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Mississippi is moderately 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.
Oxford, Mississippi: 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 Oxford, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,100 contributions totaling $1,708,080 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,805 contributions totaling $4,318,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $635 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)