Myrtle, MS is a small town located in the Southeastern United States. It is home to a variety of different people who come from all walks of life, and they all share a unique cultural identity that helps keep the town vibrant. The politics in Myrtle are typically quite conservative, with most candidates supporting smaller government and limited taxes. Voters here take pride in their right to choose their own representatives and often make their decisions based on personal values rather than party lines. Local elections tend to be highly contested as residents feel passionately about their chosen candidates. Myrtle's political landscape is diverse yet unified by its shared history and communal spirit.
The political climate in Myrtle, MS is strongly conservative.
Union County, MS is very conservative. In Union County, MS 17.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 17.0%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Myrtle, MS is strongly conservative.
Union County, Mississippi 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.
Myrtle, 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 Myrtle, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 276 contributions totaling $7,089 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,981 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)