Pontotoc, Mississippi is a small town located in North Mississippi. It is a rural community that has a strong sense of community and pride. Despite its small size, Pontotoc has many areas of interest for those interested in politics. The city is served by a mayor and city council who are elected every four years to represent the needs and interests of the local population. Additionally, there are state representatives and senators who are elected to represent the interests of the people at a higher level. Overall, Pontotoc is very involved in politics at all levels and works hard to ensure that everyone's voice is heard.
The political climate in Pontotoc, MS is strongly conservative.
Pontotoc County, MS is very conservative. In Pontotoc County, MS 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pontotoc county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.4% to 18.2%.
Pontotoc county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pontotoc, MS is strongly conservative.
Pontotoc County, Mississippi is very conservative.
Tupelo Metro Area is very 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.
Pontotoc, 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 Pontotoc, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 830 contributions totaling $24,405 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 355 contributions totaling $131,085 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $369 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)