Columbus, Mississippi is a thriving city located in the northeastern corner of the state and it is the county seat of Lowndes County. Politics in Columbus are dominated by the Democratic Party, which holds most local offices. The mayor of Columbus is Robert Smith, a Democrat who was elected in 2019. Other political figures in Columbus include Attorney General Jim Hood and State Representative Joel Bomgar, both of whom are Democrats. In addition to these prominent figures, there are also many lower-level officials who represent Columbus at the local level such as City Council members and school board representatives. The city's residents have consistently voted for Democratic candidates in recent years, showing their support for progressive values and policies that foster economic development.
The political climate in Columbus, MS is leaning liberal.
Lowndes County, MS is leaning conservative. In Lowndes County, MS 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lowndes county remained Republican, 50.7% to 48.0%.
Lowndes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbus, MS is leaning liberal.
Lowndes County, Mississippi is leaning conservative.
Columbus Metro Area is leaning 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.
Columbus, 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 Columbus, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,395 contributions totaling $122,032 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,552 contributions totaling $514,837 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $332 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)