Flowood, Mississippi is a city located in Rankin County. It is home to many businesses and residents. On the local political scene, there are a number of individuals and organizations that are actively involved in advocating for the interests of Flowood’s citizens. The City offers its residents opportunities to become involved in local politics by hosting public forums and participating in local elections. The local government works hard to ensure that its citizens' rights, freedoms, and interests are protected. In addition, the City Council has established several committees that focus on specific issues which impact the community including economic development, transportation, public safety, crime prevention, recreation and public works. The City also has programs such as Greening Flowood and Community Development Block Grants which help promote economic growth throughout the area. All of these initiatives help make Flowood a great place to live, work and play.
The political climate in Zip 39232 (Flowood, MS) is strongly conservative.
Rankin County, MS is very conservative. In Rankin County, MS 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rankin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.9% to 26.6%.
Rankin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39232 (Flowood, MS) is strongly conservative.
Flowood, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
Rankin County, Mississippi is very conservative.
Jackson Metro Area is leaning 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.
Flowood, 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 39232 (Flowood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $12,559 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 290 contributions totaling $244,386 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $843 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)