Calhoun County, Mississippi is a rural county located in the northern part of the state. Historically, the county has been politically conservative and Republican-leaning. In recent years, however, increasing numbers of voters have registered as independents or as Democrats. The county is currently represented in the Mississippi House of Representatives by Jerry Turner, who was elected to his third term in 2019. At the national level, Calhoun County was represented in Congress by Republican Steven Palazzo until 2019 when he was succeeded by Republican Michael Guest. Local elections are held for members of the Calhoun County Board of Supervisors who oversee the local government and deal with issues such as taxation and zoning. With an increasingly diverse political landscape in Calhoun County, residents can expect to see more diverse representation at all levels of government in the future.
The political climate in Calhoun County, MS is very conservative.
In Calhoun County, MS 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 28.9%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Calhoun County, MS is very conservative.
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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.
Calhoun, 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 Calhoun County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $1,327 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $15,901 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)