Washington County, Mississippi is a small rural county located in the southeastern part of the state. With a population of just under 20,000 people, it is home to small towns and unincorporated areas. The county government is led by a seven-member Board of Supervisors who are elected to four year terms in countywide elections. The board sets policy for the county, including budgeting and allocating funds for various services and programs. Local political races in Washington County are heavily contested with candidates from both major parties competing for votes. Some recent hotly contested elections have included races for District Attorney, Sheriff, and County Commissioner. The local politics in Washington County often reflect the national political leanings of its citizens, making it an important bellwether of public opinion in Mississippi.
The political climate in Washington County, MS is very liberal.
In Washington County, MS 69.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.3% to 29.4%.
Washington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington County, MS is very liberal.
Greenville Metro Area is very 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.
Washington, 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 Washington County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 315 contributions totaling $41,590 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 548 contributions totaling $407,816 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $744 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)