The Vicksburg, MS Metro Area is a vibrant and active community. Politically, the area is served by a mayor-council form of government and a Board of Aldermen to represent the various districts across the city. The Mayor is responsible for ensuring that all city services are adequately provided and that city projects are completed in a timely manner. The Board of Aldermen holds regular meetings to discuss local issues, public hearings, and consider any decisions on proposed legislation. Local elections for mayor and aldermen take place every four years to ensure that the citizens of Vicksburg have direct representation in their local government. Beyond Vicksburg's local politics, the citizens also have representation in higher levels of government with representatives from both major parties serving at national and state levels. This ensures that everyone in the area’s voice can be heard when it comes to matters that affect them locally as well as nationally.
The political climate in Vicksburg Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Vicksburg Metro Area 55.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Vicksburg metro area remained strongly Democratic, 55.4% to 43.3%.
The Vicksburg metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vicksburg Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Vicksburg, Mississippi: r r 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 Vicksburg Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 468 contributions totaling $43,118 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 500 contributions totaling $207,063 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $414 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)