White Oak, MS is a small town located in the southern part of the state. Despite its size, it is an active and vibrant community, with an array of local activities and events happening throughout the year. Politically, White Oak has long been a Republican stronghold - though there are many Democrats in the area as well. Locally elected officials include two county supervisors and a mayor representing the city council. The elected officials work together to ensure that White Oak is well managed and maintained for all who live here. The representatives take seriously their roles in promoting economic stability and providing quality services to residents of their community. With strong political leadership from both sides of the aisle, White Oak is a positive example of how politics can be used to help build strong communities and foster growth within a small town setting.
The political climate in White Oak, MS is moderately liberal.
Tunica County, MS is very liberal. In Tunica County, MS 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tunica county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 26.0%.
Tunica county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
White Oak, MS is moderately liberal.
Tunica County, Mississippi is very 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.
White Oak, 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 White Oak, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $35,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $597 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)