Tunica, Mississippi is a small town located in the northwest corner of the state. Despite its size, it has an active political landscape with local races for offices such as Mayor and Town Council Members. Local elections are held every four years and candidates must run on platforms that address issues that affect the community, such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, affordable housing, and education initiatives. The people of Tunica have great pride in their small town and want to ensure its prosperity for future generations. By participating in local politics and elections, citizens can help shape the direction of their community and ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Tunica, MS is moderately liberal.
Tunica County, MS is very liberal. In Tunica County, MS 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tunica county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 26.0%.
Tunica county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tunica, MS is moderately liberal.
Tunica County, Mississippi is very liberal.
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.
Tunica, Mississippi: D D D D D D
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 Tunica, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $2,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $140,960 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $597 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)