Southaven, Mississippi is a city in DeSoto County that has experienced numerous changes in its political climate in recent years. As the city has grown and developed, the local government has shifted to better reflect the changing needs of its residents. The current mayor is Darren Musselwhite, who was elected in 2017 and has since been working to improve infrastructure, build up businesses, and promote economic development within the city. In addition to the mayor's office, Southaven also has a seven-member board of aldermen that presides over other important decisions related to the city’s budgeting and planning. This board works directly with the mayor’s office and local citizens to ensure that Southaven remains a thriving community with plenty of opportunity for growth and progress.
The political climate in Southaven, MS is somewhat conservative.
DeSoto County, MS is moderately conservative. In DeSoto County, MS 37.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeSoto county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.1%.
DeSoto county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Southaven, MS is somewhat conservative.
DeSoto County, Mississippi is moderately conservative.
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.
Southaven, 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 Southaven, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,344 contributions totaling $166,836 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,443 contributions totaling $865,364 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)