Gautier, Mississippi is a small city nestled along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The city has a strong sense of community and its residents are politically engaged throughout all levels of government. Locally, the mayor and board of aldermen provide leadership to the growing community, which has been a great source of local pride and togetherness. Gautier also holds elections every two years for positions such as mayor, town clerk, city attorney, and aldermen in each ward. During these elections, candidates from both major political parties compete for these positions and the citizens come together to ensure that their voices are heard in local politics. Additionally, Gautier's residents frequently attend town halls and other public meetings to express their opinions on important topics such as budgeting, infrastructure improvements, quality-of-life issues, and more. By engaging in its democratic process, Gautier's citizens are able to shape their own future through the actions of their elected officials.
The political climate in Gautier, MS is moderately conservative.
Jackson County, MS is very conservative. In Jackson County, MS 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.5% to 31.9%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gautier, MS is moderately conservative.
Jackson 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.
Gautier, 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 Gautier, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,829 contributions totaling $314,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,231 contributions totaling $661,462 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $296 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)