Diamondhead, MS is a small city located near the Gulf Coast that is known for its beautiful beaches and rural landscape. While it may not be as large as other cities in Mississippi, Diamondhead still has an active political scene. The city has a mayor and five aldermen who are elected by citizens of the city to serve on the board of aldermen. The mayor and board of aldermen work together to make decisions on local matters such as zoning ordinances, public health and safety, infrastructure development, land use policy, and more. There are also several state representatives and senators who represent Diamondhead in the Mississippi Legislature. Every few years, there are also elections for federal representatives in Congress that involve candidates from Diamondhead. Thus, the politics in Diamondhead are lively and important to the citizens here who take an active role in shaping their local government.
The political climate in Diamondhead, MS is strongly conservative.
Hancock County, MS is very conservative. In Hancock County, MS 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.0% to 21.5%.
Hancock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Diamondhead, MS is strongly conservative.
Hancock County, Mississippi is very conservative.
Gulfport-Biloxi Metro Area 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.
Diamondhead, 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 Diamondhead, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,011 contributions totaling $119,159 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 698 contributions totaling $377,983 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $542 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)