Batesville, Mississippi is a small city situated in the northeastern part of the state. As with any other city, politics play a major role in the daily lives of its citizens. The political climate of Batesville is largely conservative and rooted in traditional values. In recent years, the focus has been on improving economic development and public safety throughout the city. Locally elected officials have worked hard to ensure that businesses are able to thrive and create jobs for local residents, while also providing adequate resources and infrastructure for their neighborhoods. The current mayor, Robyn Tannehill, was elected in 2019 to carry out her agenda of furthering economic development and improving services such as road improvements and parks. The City Council consists of seven members who work together to pass laws and regulations that shape city life. Furthermore, residents can participate in municipal elections to vote for their preferred candidates every four years.
The political climate in Batesville, MS is leaning liberal.
Panola County, MS is leaning conservative. In Panola County, MS 47.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Panola county remained Republican, 51.6% to 47.4%.
Panola county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Batesville, MS is leaning liberal.
Panola County, Mississippi is leaning 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.
Batesville, Mississippi: d r d d 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 Batesville, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,122 contributions totaling $54,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 565 contributions totaling $543,032 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $961 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)