Issaquena County, Mississippi is a small rural county located in the northwest corner of the state. It is home to just over 1,750 people and is known for its low population density and natural beauty. The politics in Issaquena County are typical of those found throughout Mississippi - conservative and traditionally Democratic. Local political candidates usually focus their campaigns on issues that are important to the local community such as job creation, education, healthcare, public safety, infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, and economic development. Although the Republican Party has made some gains in the area in recent years, Democrats remain largely dominant in local elections. With a long history of Democratic politics and its small rural population, Issaquena County remains an important part of Mississippi's political landscape.
The political climate in Issaquena County, MS is leaning liberal.
In Issaquena County, MS 52.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Issaquena county remained moderately Democratic, 52.5% to 45.6%.
Issaquena county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Issaquena County, MS is leaning liberal.
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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.
Issaquena, 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 Issaquena County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $50 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)