Lucedale is a small, rural town located in George County, Mississippi. While it has a relatively small population of just over 4,000 people, the politics of Lucedale still affect the lives of its citizens. The city is currently lead by Mayor Rufus Davis and the five members of the Board of Aldermen, who are responsible for setting policy and regulations within the city limits. At the county level, George County residents have elected Republican District Attorney Richard Polk to serve as their representative in Jackson. Further up the political ladder, Lucedale citizens can look to Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith to represent them at the state level and Republican Representative Steven Palazzo to represent them at the federal level. Though there may not be any local political candidates up for election currently in Lucedale, its important that citizens remain informed about their representatives both locally and nationally in order to ensure that their voices are heard in policymaking decisions and regulation changes.
The political climate in Lucedale, MS is strongly conservative.
George County, MS is very conservative. In George County, MS 11.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, George county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.9% to 11.0%.
George county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lucedale, MS is strongly conservative.
George 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.
Lucedale, 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 Lucedale, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $990 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 850 contributions totaling $101,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)