Poplarville, MS is an area located in Pearl River County and has a population of around 6,400. The city is home to two small local government bodies: Poplarville City Council and the Pearl River County Board of Supervisors. The City Council’s primary purpose is to govern the daily operations of the municipality including parks, water and sewer services, police and fire protection services, garbage collection, and road maintenance. The Board of Supervisors works with these services as well as county-wide issues such as land use planning, zoning regulations, economic development initiatives, and public health concerns. Local elections are held every four years for mayor and all six of the city council seats. There are also many local political organizations that help to educate citizens on candidates running for office at all levels. The people of Poplarville have shown a strong commitment to civic engagement through their involvement in local politics over the years.
The political climate in Poplarville, MS is strongly conservative.
Pearl River County, MS is very conservative. In Pearl River County, MS 17.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pearl River county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.5% to 17.3%.
Pearl River county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Poplarville, MS is strongly conservative.
Pearl River County, Mississippi is very conservative.
Picayune 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.
Poplarville, 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 Poplarville, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 636 contributions totaling $152,934 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 183 contributions totaling $30,273 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)