Politics in Pelahatchie, MS are lively and diverse. The City is governed by a Mayor and five Aldermen that are elected to four-year terms. There are many local political candidates running for these positions every election year, with varying political views and agendas. All elections are open to the public and the community is invited to participate in the democratic process. The residents of Pelahatchie take pride in their local government and strive to make sure that it reflects their values and beliefs. The town is relatively small, but they have plenty of passionate individuals fighting for what they believe in during each election season.
The political climate in Pelahatchie, MS is strongly conservative.
Rankin County, MS is very conservative. In Rankin County, MS 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rankin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.9% to 26.6%.
Rankin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pelahatchie, MS is strongly conservative.
Rankin County, Mississippi is very conservative.
Jackson Metro Area is leaning 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.
Pelahatchie, 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 Pelahatchie, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 298 contributions totaling $26,183 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 547 contributions totaling $156,365 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)