The Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS Metro Area is governed by several governing bodies including the Mississippi State Legislature, US Congress, and local governments. These governing bodies provide services such as public safety, transportation, housing, and other services to citizens of the area. The government of the region also sets policies that affect taxation, education, health care, and other matters. In addition to the state and federal representatives who represent the region in legislative matters, there are also many local political candidates who seek office in the local elections held every two years. Local candidates offer their unique ideas and perspectives on how to best serve the people of the region. They bring a variety of life experiences and backgrounds to their campaigns which help shape their platforms for better serving constituents.
The political climate in Gulfport-Biloxi Metro Area is very conservative.
In Gulfport-Biloxi Metro Area 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 33.1%.
The Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gulfport-Biloxi 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.
Gulfport-Biloxi, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Gulfport-Biloxi Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,571 contributions totaling $460,762 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,204 contributions totaling $1,551,161 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $369 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)