The politics in Collins, MS are overseen by a mayor-council form of government. The Mayor is elected to a four-year term and serves as the chief executive officer of the city. The City Council is composed of five members elected to serve for staggered four-year terms. Together, they establish ordinances, set policy, and approve the budget for the city. Since Collins, MS does not have a large population, the political environment remains largely local and community driven. The residents take pride in being involved in local issues and having their voices heard when it comes to decisions that impact their daily lives.
The political climate in Collins, MS is somewhat conservative.
Covington County, MS is strongly conservative. In Covington County, MS 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Covington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.5% to 36.5%.
Covington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Collins, MS is somewhat conservative.
Covington County, Mississippi 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.
Collins, 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 Collins, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 162 contributions totaling $17,523 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $55,794 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $581 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)