New Albany, Mississippi is a small town in Union County. Although it is small in population, there is an active political scene in the area. Every election season, candidates from both major political parties come to the area to campaign for support. The town is also home to various civic organizations and nonprofit groups that are actively involved in local political issues. From organizing voter engagement initiatives to supporting legislators on key legislative bills, these organizations are essential to helping ensure New Albany's voice is heard at the state and federal level of government. Candidates running for local office also spend time meeting with people from the community and listening to their views on important issues. With everyone’s involvement, New Albany has been able to remain an engaged community that is well-informed about politics and participates in making decisions that affect its future.
The political climate in New Albany, MS is moderately conservative.
Union County, MS is very conservative. In Union County, MS 17.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 17.0%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Albany, MS is moderately conservative.
Union County, Mississippi is very 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.
New Albany, 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 New Albany, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $14,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 640 contributions totaling $97,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)