Pontotoc, MS County is a small rural county located in North Mississippi. It is governed by an elected Board of Supervisors and a Circuit Clerk, both of which are elected by the citizens of Pontotoc. The board consists of five members from within the county that are responsible for making decisions about local tax rates, road and bridge maintenance, public safety, public health and other services provided to the citizens. Additionally, the Circuit Clerk serves as the county’s official record keeper and oversees all court proceedings within the county. Elections for both positions occur every four years giving citizens an opportunity to have their voices heard on who will serve as their representatives in local government.
The political climate in Pontotoc County, MS is very conservative.
In Pontotoc County, MS 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pontotoc county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.4% to 18.2%.
Pontotoc county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pontotoc County, MS is very conservative.
Tupelo Metro Area is very 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.
Pontotoc, 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 Pontotoc County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 176 contributions totaling $6,271 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $32,367 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $372 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)