Yazoo, Mississippi County is a small rural community with an engaged and involved population. It has a history of local political involvement, with citizens actively participating in elections both locally and nationally. As such, there are many prominent local politicians that have held or currently hold office in Yazoo County. These include current Mayor Joe Smith, who was re-elected to his third term in 2018; state representative Keith Johnson; and state senator Jack Gardner. All three of these politicians have been active in the Yazoo community for years and have been involved in several initiatives to improve the quality of life for Yazoo's citizens. In addition to these three individuals, there are also numerous county commissioners who work hard to ensure that the needs of Yazoo County are adequately addressed within their jurisdiction.
The political climate in Yazoo County, MS is leaning liberal.
In Yazoo County, MS 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yazoo county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 46.3%.
Yazoo county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yazoo County, MS is leaning liberal.
Jackson Metro Area is leaning 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.
Yazoo, Mississippi: r r 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 Yazoo County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $6,732 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 445 contributions totaling $373,564 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $839 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)