Booneville, Mississippi is a small town with strong political roots. The town holds local elections to decide on the mayor and city council members who will lead the community. Politically, Booneville leans conservative, voting mostly Republican in national elections, while its citizens have their own locally-minded views in regards to the best way to manage the affairs of their town. Local candidates often focus on issues such as economic development, job growth, infrastructure improvements, and education funding when campaigning for office. The citizens of Booneville take an active role in local politics by attending meetings and forums where candidates present their ideas for the future of the city. These events provide citizens with an opportunity to ask questions and learn about each candidate's platform before making their decision come election day.
The political climate in Booneville, MS is moderately conservative.
Prentiss County, MS is very conservative. In Prentiss County, MS 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prentiss county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 20.2%.
Prentiss county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Booneville, MS is moderately conservative.
Prentiss County, Mississippi is very 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.
Booneville, 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 Booneville, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $7,232 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 444 contributions totaling $164,668 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)