Coahoma County, Mississippi is a rural area with a population of around 26,000 people. It is located in the northern part of the state and borders both Arkansas and Tennessee to the north. Politically, Coahoma County is heavily Democratic. In recent years, Democratic candidates have won most local elections by wide margins. The county’s representatives in the State House are Democrats as well as their two senators in the US Senate. As such, Coahoma County tends to favor progressive policies regarding education, health care and other social issues. With its diverse population and rural setting, it is an area that has often seen inner-party battles for control of local government offices.
The political climate in Coahoma County, MS is very liberal.
In Coahoma County, MS 70.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coahoma county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.8% to 27.9%.
Coahoma county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coahoma County, MS is very liberal.
Clarksdale 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.
Coahoma, 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 Coahoma County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 203 contributions totaling $44,047 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $56,372 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)