The politics in Panola County, Mississippi are largely centered around local issues, such as education funding and economic development. This rural county is served by a board of supervisors and many other smaller boards, committees and councils that focus on specific areas within the county. The county also elects mayors for its four larger cities - Batesville, Como, Sardis, and Courtland - who are responsible for governing their respective cities. At the state level, Panola County is represented by several representatives in the Mississippi State Legislature who work to ensure that laws are passed that will benefit the county's residents. In addition, Panola County is home to a number of local political candidates running for office each year at both the state and federal levels. By getting involved in local politics, residents of Panola County can help to shape their future and ensure that their voices are heard in government decisions.
The political climate in Panola County, MS is leaning conservative.
In Panola County, MS 47.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Panola county remained Republican, 51.6% to 47.4%.
Panola county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Panola County, MS is leaning 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.
Panola, Mississippi: d r d d 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 Panola County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 383 contributions totaling $18,988 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 221 contributions totaling $188,614 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $853 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)