Taylorsville, MS is a small town located in Simpson County, Mississippi. While it is small, it still has its own politics. The town is governed by a Board of Aldermen elected by the citizens of the town. Each of the five members of the board attend monthly meetings to discuss and debate local policies that affect the town's residents. Local elections are held every four years to decide who will be on the Board of Aldermen. There are also many local civic organizations and clubs such as Lions Club and Rotary Club that help shape and influence Taylorsville’s politics. Issues affecting Taylorsville range from economic development initiatives to public safety concerns. The decisions made at these meetings can have long-term consequences for the town, so it is important for all citizens to stay informed about local politics during election season.
The political climate in Taylorsville, MS is strongly conservative.
Smith County, MS is very conservative. In Smith County, MS 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smith county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 21.5%.
Smith county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Taylorsville, MS is strongly conservative.
Smith County, Mississippi 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.
Taylorsville, 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 Taylorsville, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $402 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $7,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)