Kosciusko, Mississippi is a small city located in Attala County. The city has seen an influx of new residents in recent years due to its close proximity to Jackson and the Gulf Coast. Although there is no population statistic readily available, it is estimated that the population of Kosciusko is around 6,000 people. The political climate in Kosciusko is heavily Republican-leaning with conservative social values, but there are some Democrats who also live in the area. Local elections are usually hotly contested between Republicans and Democrats with each side trying their best to win the vote of local residents. Recent elections have been particularly contentious due to differing opinions on important issues such as healthcare, education, and taxes. Despite this tension, residents of Kosciusko respect each other’s right to choose their preferred candidate and take pride in exercising their right to vote.
The political climate in Kosciusko, MS is leaning conservative.
Attala County, MS is moderately conservative. In Attala County, MS 40.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Attala county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 40.1%.
Attala county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kosciusko, MS is leaning conservative.
Attala County, Mississippi is moderately 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.
Kosciusko, 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 Kosciusko, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $9,130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 690 contributions totaling $292,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $424 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)