The politics of the Greenwood, MS Metro Area are varied and diverse. With a population of more than 50,000 residents, this area is home to many different people with different political beliefs. Greenwood has a wide range of elected officials representing the local government, from state representatives and senators to mayors and city council members. Additionally, there are several local organizations actively promoting civil rights and community involvement in the area, such as the NAACP Greenwood Chapter, the Delta Democratic Club, and the Leflore County Political Action Committee. Residents have numerous opportunities to participate in their local government by attending town hall meetings or voting in elections. The community also regularly engages with civic leaders through debates on current issues in order to ensure that they remain informed on important issues facing the city and its citizens.
The political climate in Greenwood Metro Area is moderately liberal.
In Greenwood Metro Area 59.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Greenwood metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.9% to 39.1%.
The Greenwood metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greenwood Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Greenwood, Mississippi: d d D D D D
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Greenwood Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 312 contributions totaling $11,340 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $169,676 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $719 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)