Carrollton, MS is a small community with a population of about 1,300 people. Despite its size, Carrollton has an active political landscape and serves as the county seat in Montgomery County. Local elections are held every two years to determine representation within the Carrollton City Council. Popular topics discussed in these elections are public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development initiatives. Candidates for local office focus on providing better services for their constituents while advocating for issues that impact everyday life in Carrollton. Additionally, residents participate actively in the state legislative process by writing to representatives and attending hearings to ensure their voices are heard on important issues such as education reform and job growth. Through politics, Carrollton upholds its values of hard work and civic engagement that have kept it strong over the years.
The political climate in Zip 38917 (Carrollton, MS) is strongly conservative.
Carroll County, MS is very conservative. In Carroll County, MS 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 30.3%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38917 (Carrollton, MS) is strongly conservative.
Carrollton, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
Carroll County, Mississippi is very conservative.
Greenwood Metro Area is moderately 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.
Carrollton, 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 38917 (Carrollton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $5,585 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)