Bolivar County, Mississippi is located in the northwest corner of the state and has a population of 34,145 as of 2019. The county seat is Rosedale and the largest city in the county is Cleveland. Bolivar County politics are dominated by two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Both parties have a presence at all levels of government within the county and participate in local elections, including for sheriff, district attorney, mayor, school board members, and other positions. The Democratic Party usually tends to be more dominant in this region due to its majority African-American community. However, both parties have been successful in garnering voter turnout and support throughout the county over recent years.
The political climate in Bolivar County, MS is strongly liberal.
In Bolivar County, MS 64.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bolivar county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.8% to 34.0%.
Bolivar county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bolivar County, MS is strongly liberal.
Cleveland Metro Area is strongly 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.
Bolivar, 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 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 Bolivar County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 167 contributions totaling $16,238 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $120,121 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $475 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)