Guntown, MS, located in Lee County, is an area with a rich history of political activity. While most of the population identifies as conservative and generally votes for Republican candidates, there have been many local grassroots campaigns to support Democratic causes. Over the years, there has been a steady focus on local issues such as crime, education and economic development that have seen both sides put forth strong efforts to bring positive change to Guntown. Recent years have also seen new levels of civic engagement across the town with more people getting involved in registering to vote and attending various events focused on civil discourse. The upcoming election in Guntown will no doubt bring much attention to local politics as citizens work towards building a vibrant community that meets the needs of its residents.
The political climate in Zip 38849 (Guntown, MS) is strongly conservative.
Lee County, MS is very conservative. In Lee County, MS 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 33.0%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38849 (Guntown, MS) is strongly conservative.
Guntown, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
Lee County, Mississippi is very conservative.
Tupelo Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Guntown, 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 38849 (Guntown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $2,213 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $7,960 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)