Prentiss County in Mississippi is a small, rural county located in the northeastern part of the state. It is home to many friendly and hardworking people who are actively involved in politics at the local level. Prentiss County has an active political scene with several elected officials, including a Board of Supervisors, Sheriff, Circuit Clerk, Chancery Clerk, Tax Assessor, and Coroner. The Board of Supervisors is elected every four years and sets policies for the county government. All other elected positions are up for election every four years as well. Residents of Prentiss County are passionate about their local politics and regularly turn out for elections to ensure their voices are heard and their opinions reflected in local government decisions.
The political climate in Prentiss County, MS is very conservative.
In Prentiss County, MS 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prentiss county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 20.2%.
Prentiss county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prentiss County, MS is very conservative.
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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.
Prentiss, 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 Prentiss County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $1,808 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 112 contributions totaling $41,417 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $370 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)