Olive Branch, MS is a bustling suburban city located in Desoto County with a population of just under 40,000 people. While the city does not have any local political candidates in office, it has a vibrant political climate where citizens actively engage in discourse about important civic matters. The city's government ensures that it is actively engaged with its citizens and provides a platform for open dialogue on matters of importance. This engagement helps to ensure that all voices can be heard and the best decisions can be made for the benefit of the community. In Olive Branch, the residents are not only passionate about politics but also committed to making their voices heard and preserving their rights as citizens.
The political climate in Olive Branch, MS is moderately conservative.
DeSoto County, MS is moderately conservative. In DeSoto County, MS 37.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeSoto county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.1%.
DeSoto county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Olive Branch, MS is moderately conservative.
DeSoto County, Mississippi is moderately conservative.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Olive Branch, 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 Olive Branch, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,122 contributions totaling $28,364 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,140 contributions totaling $327,586 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)