Perry, MS County is located in the southeastern corner of Mississippi and is home to a diverse population. The county is served by a Board of Supervisors who are responsible for maintaining public services, such as roads, parks and recreation, water management and law enforcement. The County also has its own Sheriff’s Office. In addition to this, Perry County is home to several local political candidates who are running for office in the 2020 elections. These include the candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General and State Treasurer. Each candidate brings their own unique perspective on how they would handle the issues facing Perry County if elected. Their platforms range from economic development to public safety initiatives and more. With so much at stake, residents of Perry County will need to make an informed decision when it comes time to cast their ballots in November 2020.
The political climate in Perry County, MS is very conservative.
In Perry County, MS 23.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.1% to 23.0%.
Perry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Perry County, MS is very conservative.
Hattiesburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Perry, 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 Perry County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $115 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $5,356 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $383 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)