Tate County, Mississippi is a wonderful place to live with a great sense of community. The local politics in Tate County have long been centered around providing excellent public services and quality of life for its residents. Local government leaders strive for efficient and effective use of taxpayer dollars, while continuing to invest in infrastructure and other projects that benefit the entire county. Local elections are held regularly giving citizens the opportunity to choose who will represent them on their local councils and boards. Issues such as education, public safety, economic development and environmental sustainability often come up during election season. Tate County is an example of how small communities can thrive when their citizens take an active role in shaping their futures through smart political decisions.
The political climate in Tate County, MS is very conservative.
In Tate County, MS 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tate county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.5% to 31.9%.
Tate county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tate County, MS is very conservative.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Tate, 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 Tate County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $1,834 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 224 contributions totaling $27,705 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)