Osyka, MS is a small town located in Pike County with a population of just over 1000 people. Despite its small size, the local politics of Osyka are complex and important to the people who live there. The Mayor of Osyka is currently Richard McGuire who was first elected in 2011 and has been re-elected twice since then. His primary focus has been on creating jobs and improving infrastructure within the city. Osyka also has an alderman board consisting of five members, each representing their own district within the city. The board meets monthly to discuss policies that affect the citizens of Osyka and make decisions about how to proceed. In addition, many local candidates run for office every few years in order to represent their constituents’ best interests. Although local politics may seem trivial, they play an important role in any community; influencing decisions from taxes to public safety to economic development. Thus, it is essential for everyone in Osyka to stay informed and engaged when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Osyka, MS is leaning conservative.
Pike County, MS is leaning liberal. In Pike County, MS 49.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.8% to 48.8%.
Pike county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Osyka, MS is leaning conservative.
Pike County, Mississippi is leaning liberal.
McComb Metro Area is leaning 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.
Osyka, Mississippi: r r 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 Osyka, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,397 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)