Attala County, Mississippi is a rural county in the state of Mississippi. It is home to around 19,971 people according to the 2019 census. The politics of Attala County are largely conservative with most residents voting for Republican candidates in local and national elections. On the local level, Attala County maintains a Board of Supervisors that oversees the budget and operation of the county, as well as appoints the county Sheriff who is responsible for law enforcement within the county. There are also several municipal mayors and councils that run each town or city within Attala County. In general, Republicans tend to fare well in all elections in Attala County.
The political climate in Attala County, MS is moderately conservative.
In Attala County, MS 40.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Attala county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 40.1%.
Attala county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Attala County, MS is moderately 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.
Attala, 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 Attala County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $2,826 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $60,457 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $393 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)