Horn Lake, Mississippi is a small city located in DeSoto County. It has a mayor-council form of government, with the current mayor being Allen Latimer. The city council is composed of seven members: Jimmy Latimer, Rick Anderson, Tricia Roane, Roger Palmer, Annabelle Aitken, Ella Pollard and Pauline Taylor. The mayor and council work together to address issues facing the community such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance and economic development. In 2019 the city passed a budget that included funding for improved public safety measures such as increased police presence at local events and additional surveillance cameras throughout the city. Horn Lake residents have also taken an active role in local politics by attending political forums and engaging in conversations about important issues facing the city.
The political climate in Horn Lake, MS is somewhat conservative.
DeSoto County, MS is moderately conservative. In DeSoto County, MS 37.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeSoto county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.1%.
DeSoto county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Horn Lake, MS is somewhat conservative.
DeSoto County, Mississippi is moderately conservative.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Horn Lake, 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 Horn Lake, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 779 contributions totaling $33,818 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,210 contributions totaling $229,614 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)