Philadelphia, MS is a small town located in Neshoba County, Mississippi. The city has a long and rich history of politics and local government. There are several political organizations that work together to represent the citizens in the area. These organizations include the Neshoba County Republican Party, the Neshoba County Democratic Executive Committee, and the Neshoba City Council. Each organization works diligently to ensure that all voices are heard in local government decisions. In addition to these organizations, there are many elected officials in Philadelphia who serve their constituents by advocating for their needs and helping to create positive change. With all of these different entities working together, Philadelphia is able to provide citizens with an effective system for participating in politics and making sure their voices are represented on state and federal levels.
The political climate in Philadelphia, MS is moderately conservative.
Neshoba County, MS is very conservative. In Neshoba County, MS 27.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Neshoba county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.9%.
Neshoba county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Philadelphia, MS is moderately conservative.
Neshoba 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.
Philadelphia, 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 Philadelphia, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,750 contributions totaling $1,592,785 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $910 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 790 contributions totaling $1,416,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,793 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)