Pass Christian, MS is a small city located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. As such, it is part of Harrison County and thus governed by local county politics. The current mayor of Pass Christian is Chipper McDermott and he is supported by a five-member Board of Aldermen. In addition to Mayor McDermott, there are numerous other local politicians who hold office in Harrison County. These politicians are responsible for making decisions about the city and county's budgets, taxes, and laws. They also serve to represent Pass Christian's interests in state and national legislatures. Community members can get involved in politics by attending council meetings or voting in elections, both of which are important for the well-being of the city.
The political climate in Pass Christian, MS is somewhat conservative.
Harrison County, MS is strongly conservative. In Harrison County, MS 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 36.5%.
Harrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pass Christian, MS is somewhat conservative.
Harrison County, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
Gulfport-Biloxi Metro Area 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.
Pass Christian, 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 Pass Christian, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 476 contributions totaling $59,613 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 455 contributions totaling $215,702 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $474 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)