Carthage, MS is a small city in central Mississippi with an estimated population of around 2,000 people. The mayor is currently appointed by the City Council and serves a two-year term. On the local level, there are five positions on the City Council, including three Aldermen and two Supervisors. All members are elected to four year terms and voting for local political candidates occurs every four years during the municipal elections. The main political focus in Carthage is providing quality services to its citizens through initiatives such as infrastructure improvements, economic development projects, and public safety initiatives. These programs are funded primarily through taxes collected from citizens as well as grants from other governmental entities. Recently, proposals for increasing recreational opportunities have been brought before the City Council and are being discussed by city officials currently.
The political climate in Carthage, MS is leaning conservative.
Leake County, MS is somewhat conservative. In Leake County, MS 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leake county remained strongly Republican, 56.8% to 42.4%.
Leake county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carthage, MS is leaning conservative.
Leake County, Mississippi is somewhat 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.
Carthage, 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 Carthage, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $1,232 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 232 contributions totaling $21,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)