Located in Marshall County, Mississippi, Potts Camp is a small town with a population of just under 400 people. Despite its size, the town still has an active and involved political presence. Elections for mayor and city council members are held every two years. These elections often draw large crowds as citizens come out to cast their votes for their preferred candidates. The current mayor of Potts Camp is Mike Hammock, who was elected in 2016 and is up for reelection later this year. For the upcoming election, local residents have been actively campaigning and discussing their opinions on various issues facing the town, such as economic development, public safety measures, infrastructure improvements, and other civic matters. It's clear that the citizens of Potts Camp take their politics seriously and strive to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to shaping the future of their community.
The political climate in Potts Camp, MS is leaning conservative.
Marshall County, MS is leaning liberal. In Marshall County, MS 50.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained Democratic, 50.9% to 47.8%.
Marshall county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Potts Camp, MS is leaning conservative.
Marshall County, Mississippi is leaning liberal.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Potts Camp, Mississippi: D D D D d d
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 Potts Camp, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $3,338 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)