Holmes County, MS is a rural area located in the south of Mississippi. It is part of the Mississippi Delta and is known for its strong agricultural industry. Politically, it is a reliably conservative region which usually votes Republican. The county has been represented in the state legislature by a variety of Republicans over the years, including State Representatives Willie Bailey, Joey Hood and John Moore. In addition to these representatives, Holmes County also sends a number of local elected officials to serve in various roles across the county. These include mayors from small towns such as Tchula and Lexington along with supervisors who run various county boards and committees. In general, the political landscape of Holmes County has remained relatively unchanged throughout its history, with conservative Republicans dominating most electoral contests.
The political climate in Holmes County, MS is very liberal.
In Holmes County, MS 81.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 16.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Holmes county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 81.2% to 16.9%.
Holmes county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Holmes County, MS is very liberal.
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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.
Holmes, 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 Holmes County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $3,926 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $10,446 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $337 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)