Sunflower County, Mississippi is an important part of the political landscape in the state. It has a diverse and vibrant population that is actively engaged in local politics. The county includes several towns, each of which is served by a mayor or town council. These officials are elected by the citizens of their respective towns to represent them on local issues such as taxes, economic development, infrastructure projects, public services and more. At the county level there are two county commissioners who act as representatives for all of Sunflower County’s citizens. They set policies and priorities for the county government and also work with other state and federal agencies to ensure that all residents have access to critical resources such as healthcare, education and employment opportunities. In addition to these elected officials, Sunflower County also has a Board of Supervisors that works with these elected leaders to ensure that all residents have access to quality services at a reasonable cost.
The political climate in Sunflower County, MS is very liberal.
In Sunflower County, MS 70.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sunflower county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.0% to 28.9%.
Sunflower county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sunflower County, MS is very liberal.
Indianola Metro Area is very 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.
Sunflower, 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 Sunflower County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $1,028 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 308 contributions totaling $173,405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $563 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)