Aberdeen, Mississippi is a small rural town located in Monroe County. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government where the mayor is elected by the citizens and the city council members are elected from each of the five wards. The local politics of Aberdeen are focused on creating a vibrant and healthy community for its residents. Issues such as public safety, job creation, economic development, and quality of life are all important to the local government. Aberdeen has long been a bastion for conservative values but more recently has seen an increase in progressive ideals among its young population. There have been several initiatives to encourage civic engagement among this demographic which have resulted in increased voter turnout at local elections. Despite being a relatively small town, Aberdeen still maintains strong political participation and discourse that contributes to making it a great place to live.
The political climate in Zip 39730 (Aberdeen, MS) is moderately conservative.
Monroe County, MS is strongly conservative. In Monroe County, MS 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 34.0%.
Monroe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39730 (Aberdeen, MS) is moderately conservative.
Aberdeen, Mississippi is moderately conservative.
Monroe County, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
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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.
Aberdeen, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 39730 (Aberdeen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 144 contributions totaling $7,846 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $20,629 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)