The city of Columbia, MS 39429 is a small rural community located in Marion County. It has a population of approximately 4,813 people who are served by the local government, which consists of a mayor and five-person city council. The mayor serves as the head of the government and is elected every four years. The city council members are also elected every four years and represent each of the five wards within Columbia. Local political issues usually focus on economic growth, infrastructure improvements, community services, public safety initiatives, and environmental protection measures. Residents can get involved in their local politics by attending meetings with their representatives or by getting involved in local campaigns for candidates running for office. By doing this they can help shape important decisions that affect their local area and make sure that everyone’s voice is heard.
The political climate in Zip 39429 (Columbia, MS) is strongly conservative.
Marion County, MS is very conservative. In Marion County, MS 31.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 31.1%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39429 (Columbia, MS) is strongly conservative.
Columbia, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
Marion County, Mississippi is very 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.
Columbia, 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 39429 (Columbia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 522 contributions totaling $6,910 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 278 contributions totaling $52,779 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)