Lafayette County, Mississippi is located in the north central region of the state. It is a small county with a population of just over 37,000 people. The county seat is Oxford and it has three other municipalities: Abbeville, Taylor and University. Lafayette County has traditionally had a long history of political activity and elections. The county has played an important role in both state and national politics since its founding in 1836. The Republican Party currently holds the majority of elected office positions in Lafayette County, but candidates from both parties often face each other in local elections. Local issues such as economic development, healthcare access, education funding, and infrastructure improvements are often discussed during election cycles. Lafayette County residents are passionate about their political beliefs and regularly engage in spirited debates on current topics when selecting representatives for their local government offices.
The political climate in Lafayette County, MS is somewhat conservative.
In Lafayette County, MS 43.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.0%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lafayette County, MS is somewhat conservative.
Oxford Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Lafayette, 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 Lafayette County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,228 contributions totaling $342,206 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,371 contributions totaling $871,530 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $636 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)