Richland, Mississippi is a small town located in Rankin County. While it is small, the politics of Richland are still important to the local community. The town is part of the Mississippi House of Representatives district 83 and has a representative who works hard to ensure that their constituents' voices are heard on the state level. On the local level, there is an elected mayor and board of aldermen that lead the town. They work together to make sure that citizens feel safe and that their needs are met. The board is also responsible for creating laws and regulations that will better serve Richland residents. Overall, while Richland may not have as much political power as larger cities, they still take their politics seriously and strive to ensure a positive future for all in the town.
The political climate in Richland, 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
Richland, 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.
Richland, 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 Richland, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 181 contributions totaling $23,001 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 646 contributions totaling $361,515 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $560 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)