Golden, MS is a small town located in southwest Mississippi with a population of roughly 1,000 people. There is no local government or mayor in Golden, as the town is overseen by the Choctaw County Board of Supervisors. The Board members are all elected by the citizens of Choctaw County in general elections during off years from federal elections. Issues relating specifically to Golden are decided on and discussed at Board meetings, where residents can provide input and make their voices heard. Candidates running for office in Golden typically come from neighboring towns within Choctaw County and they campaign actively to win over voters throughout the county. Citizens of Golden generally have a strong sense of community pride and take part in electing leaders who will continue to reflect that spirit.
The political climate in Zip 38847 (Golden, MS) is very conservative.
Tishomingo County, MS is very conservative. In Tishomingo County, MS 11.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tishomingo county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.8% to 11.6%.
Tishomingo county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38847 (Golden, MS) is very conservative.
Golden, Mississippi is very conservative.
Tishomingo 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.
Golden, 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 38847 (Golden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $270 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $7,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,750 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)