Smith, MS County is located in the southeast corner of the state and is governed by a county Board of Supervisors. The Board is made up of five members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The Board oversees the day-to-day operations of the county, such as setting taxes and fees, providing services, administering public works projects and managing land use and zoning regulations. In addition to their role on the Board, each member represents one of five districts within Smith County. Elections for these positions take place every two years with candidates from both major political parties running for office. Through these elections, citizens of Smith County have the opportunity to directly influence their local government by electing representatives who share their values and beliefs.
The political climate in Smith County, MS is very conservative.
In Smith County, MS 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smith county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 21.5%.
Smith county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Smith 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.
Smith, 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 Smith County, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $201 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $9,163 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)