Lee County, MS is a county in Mississippi that has a long history of political involvement. The county is one of Mississippi's most populous counties and is home to many people from diverse backgrounds, including Native Americans, African Americans, and Caucasians. The county is served by an elected Board of Supervisors, which works to serve the interests of the community. Local governments play an important role in Lee County and influence decisions on issues such as health care, education, economic development, environmental protection, public safety, transportation infrastructure and more. Additionally, local government provides many services to residents such as fire protection, water delivery systems and solid waste collection. Every two years the people of Lee County have the opportunity to vote for their state representatives who are responsible for making laws that impact statewide policies. There are also numerous local political candidates running for office that are dedicated to representing their respective communities and advocating for their constituents' interests.
The political climate in Lee County, MS is very conservative.
In Lee County, MS 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 33.0%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lee County, MS is very conservative.
Tupelo Metro Area 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.
Lee, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Lee County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 964 contributions totaling $98,971 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,178 contributions totaling $369,338 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)