The politics in the Meridian, MS Metro Area are typically dominated by local candidates that focus on improving the community and providing essential services to its citizens. The main political parties represented in the area are the Republicans and Democrats, with both sides putting up strong candidates for office every election cycle. Local issues tend to be focused on improving everyday life in the city, such as providing better infrastructure and public safety. Other popular topics of discussion include economic growth, education reform, healthcare policy, and environmental conservation. It is also a great place to get involved in civic engagement activities like canvassing during election season and participating in community events.
The political climate in Meridian Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Meridian Metro Area 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Meridian metro area remained strongly Republican, 56.8% to 42.2%.
The Meridian metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Meridian Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Meridian, 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 Meridian Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 514 contributions totaling $58,161 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 957 contributions totaling $276,437 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)