Richton, MS is a small town located in central Mississippi. Despite its small size, Richton has a vibrant and active political environment. The town is divided between two counties, Perry and Marion, and is represented by several different elected officials. On the state level, Richton is represented by two members of the House of Representatives and one member of the State Senate. On the county level, Richton constituents are represented by four County Supervisors who serve on both the Marion County Board of Supervisors and the Perry County Board of Supervisors. Local elections are held annually for all officials at all levels of government in Richton. The citizens of Richton take their civic duty seriously and turn out in large numbers to voice their opinions on key issues that affect their community.
The political climate in Richton, MS is strongly conservative.
Perry County, MS is very conservative. In Perry County, MS 23.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.1% to 23.0%.
Perry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richton, MS is strongly conservative.
Perry County, Mississippi is very conservative.
Hattiesburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Richton, 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 Richton, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $230 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $10,712 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $383 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)