McComb, MS is a small city located in southwest Mississippi with a population of about 7,800 people. The local political landscape is vibrant and active, though many of the elected officials serve at the county or state level. Local representatives include Republican U.S. Representative Steven Palazzo, who has held office since 2011, and Mississippi State Senator Melanie Sojourner, who was first elected in 2015. Both have been successful in advocating for the interests of McComb and their constituents in Jackson and Washington D.C.. Furthermore, there are numerous local organizations that work to promote policies that benefit McComb residents. These groups advocate for everything from economic development to sustainability initiatives and provide an important platform for citizens to voice their opinions on current issues.
The political climate in Zip 39648 (McComb, MS) is leaning liberal.
Pike County, MS is leaning liberal. In Pike County, MS 49.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.8% to 48.8%.
Pike county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39648 (McComb, MS) is leaning liberal.
McComb, Mississippi is leaning liberal.
Pike County, Mississippi is leaning liberal.
McComb Metro Area is leaning 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.
McComb, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 39648 (McComb)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 115 contributions totaling $6,682 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $26,144 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)