Meridian Station, MS is a small town in the Southern United States that has a vibrant political landscape. It is home to a variety of local politicians and candidates from different parties who actively engage with the community and its issues. There are also plenty of civic engagement opportunities for residents to get involved in the political process, such as joining a political party or attending public meetings. Residents can take advantage of these resources to learn more about their local representatives and their stances on major issues facing the town. Furthermore, there are plenty of other ways for citizens to become more politically aware by reading up on current events, attending rallies, and engaging in meaningful dialogue with their peers. In Meridian Station, politics are an integral part of everyday life as citizens strive to build a better future for themselves and their community.
The political climate in Meridian Station, MS is somewhat conservative.
Lauderdale County, MS is somewhat conservative. In Lauderdale County, MS 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lauderdale county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.5%.
Lauderdale county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Meridian Station, MS is somewhat conservative.
Lauderdale County, Mississippi is somewhat conservative.
Meridian Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Meridian Station, 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 Meridian Station, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 278 contributions totaling $37,944 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 543 contributions totaling $207,076 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $381 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)