The politics in the Picayune, MS Metro Area are largely dominated by the Republican Party. The region has been represented in Congress by Republican Congressman Steven Palazzo since 2011, and all three of Mississippi's state-level constitutional offices — Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General — are held by Republicans. In addition to these statewide offices, the area is home to a number of local political candidates who seek to represent their communities in the state legislature and county government. These candidates come from both major parties as well as minor third-party organizations such as the Libertarian Party. Despite its traditionally conservative bent, the Picayune Metro Area has seen a surge of political activity on both sides of the aisle in recent years as more citizens become engaged with their local politics.
The political climate in Picayune Metro Area is very conservative.
In Picayune Metro Area 17.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Picayune metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.5% to 17.3%.
The Picayune metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Picayune 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.
Picayune, 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 Picayune Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 710 contributions totaling $111,591 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 346 contributions totaling $53,517 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)