Bruce, MS is a small town located in Calhoun County. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor serving as chief executive of the city and the council overseeing legislative duties. The current mayor is James K. Smith Jr., who was elected in 2016. Residents of the city have access to meet their local representatives and voice their opinions during regular council meetings held twice a month. Local elections are held every two years for residents to elect new representatives and vote on important legislation that affects the town. Bruce, MS is part of House District 45 which is represented by Republican representative Steve Massengill who was elected in 2016. It is also part of Senate District 11 which is represented by Republican Senator Gary Jackson who was elected in 2018. Residents take great pride in participating in local politics and ensuring that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Bruce, MS is strongly conservative.
Calhoun County, MS is very conservative. In Calhoun County, MS 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 28.9%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bruce, MS is strongly conservative.
Calhoun 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.
Bruce, 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 Bruce, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $1,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $9,639 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)