Yazoo City, Mississippi is a vibrant city with a long history of political involvement. This small town has hosted several major elections, including the 2020 Presidential election. Local residents are passionate about their politics and work hard to ensure that their voices are heard. The local government consists of the mayor, board of aldermen, and school board. Each election cycle, candidates for these offices are carefully vetted by the community to ensure they will make decisions in the best interest of Yazoo City residents. Community members also stay informed on local political issues and stay involved through civic engagement activities such as attending city council meetings or participating in public forums. The local political scene is active and important to everyone in Yazoo City as it helps shape the future of this unique city.
The political climate in Yazoo City, MS is somewhat liberal.
Yazoo County, MS is leaning liberal. In Yazoo County, MS 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yazoo county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 46.3%.
Yazoo county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yazoo City, MS is somewhat liberal.
Yazoo County, Mississippi is leaning liberal.
Jackson Metro Area is leaning 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.
Yazoo City, Mississippi: r r 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 Yazoo City, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 180 contributions totaling $28,660 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,000 contributions totaling $1,744,130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $872 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)