Lowndes County, Mississippi is an area rich with political history. From the infamous case of Emmett Till to the recent state redistricting, Lowndes has seen numerous landmark court cases and decisions. Currently, Lowndes has several representatives who serve in various capacities in the Mississippi and Federal governments. These include Senator Thad Cochran who serves in the United States Senate, Representative Bennie Thompson who serves as a member of Congress representing the 2nd Congressional District of Mississippi, and Rep. Kabir Karriem who represents House District 37 which includes parts of Lowndes County such as Starkville, Columbus and West Point. The county also has several local offices such as sheriff, tax assessor-collector, coroner and board of supervisors that are elected by the local citizens every four years. While population or names of local political candidates are not included here, it is important to note that local politics in Lowndes County are incredibly influential.
The political climate in Lowndes County, MS is leaning conservative.
In Lowndes County, MS 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lowndes county remained Republican, 50.7% to 48.0%.
Lowndes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lowndes County, MS is leaning conservative.
Columbus Metro Area is leaning 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.
Lowndes, 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 Lowndes County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 603 contributions totaling $46,529 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 657 contributions totaling $224,223 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)