Hinds County, Mississippi is a part of the Jackson Metropolitan area and has a population of 245,285 people. It is primarily served by a three member Board of Supervisors which oversees the county government. The three individuals currently elected to serve on the board are Robert Graham, David Archie, and Robert Foster. Each supervisor has their own areas of expertise and responsibility as they work together to provide services to Hinds County residents. They strive to promote economic development, improve public safety, provide quality education for children and adults alike, and create an environment that enables people to thrive. The supervisors also seek to build partnerships with local businesses and organizations in order to keep Hinds County vibrant and prosperous. Through their hard work, all citizens of Hinds County can benefit from improved infrastructure, better schools, safer roads, and more job opportunities for the future.
The political climate in Hinds County, MS is very liberal.
In Hinds County, MS 73.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hinds county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 73.4% to 25.1%.
Hinds county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hinds County, MS is very liberal.
Jackson Metro Area is leaning 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.
Hinds, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Hinds County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,060 contributions totaling $1,028,408 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,610 contributions totaling $1,597,895 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $612 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)