The town of Lexington, Mississippi is a small but vibrant municipality located in Holmes County. Despite its modest population size, the town plays an important role in local political affairs. Every year, residents of Lexington come together to elect a mayor and five aldermen to serve on the Board of Aldermen. These elected officials are responsible for making laws and decisions that benefit the community and help guide the future of Lexington. As part of their duties, they also set tax rates and other fees to fund city services such as schools, police, firefighting, street repair, parks and recreation, library services and more. Civic engagement is highly encouraged here — citizens have opportunities to connect with local officials through open forums hosted by the Board or through attending town meetings. By taking part in these activities, residents can raise their voices and share their thoughts about issues that affect them directly in Lexington.
The political climate in Lexington, MS is moderately liberal.
Holmes County, MS is very liberal. In Holmes County, MS 81.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 16.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Holmes county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 81.2% to 16.9%.
Holmes county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lexington, MS is moderately liberal.
Holmes County, Mississippi is very 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.
Lexington, Mississippi: D D D D D D
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 Lexington, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $9,429 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $6,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $550 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)