The Tupelo, MS Metro Area is an area with a rich political history. Local politics are influenced by the state and national political scene as well as local issues. Every election cycle, candidates from both the Republican and Democratic parties vie for local office in the Tupelo area. There have been many efforts by local politicians to bring economic growth to the area through job creation, infrastructure improvements, and education reform. Additionally, city leaders are dedicated to making sure citizens of all backgrounds have equal access to resources and opportunities available in the area. The Tupelo Metro Area is home to people from various cultural, religious, and economic backgrounds, each of whom play an important role in local politics.
The political climate in Tupelo Metro Area is very conservative.
In Tupelo Metro Area 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Tupelo metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 26.1%.
The Tupelo metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tupelo 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.
Tupelo, 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 Tupelo Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,171 contributions totaling $111,374 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,563 contributions totaling $502,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $322 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)