Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the home of 39402, is a vibrant city with a thriving political climate. The mayor of Hattiesburg is Toby Barker, who was elected in 2017 and has since focused on bringing economic development to the city as well as increasing access to educational opportunities for residents. The City Council is composed of five council members who are each elected at-large by the citizens of Hattiesburg. The Council works to represent their constituents in policy-making decisions that determine the future of the city. Municipal elections for these positions occur every four years and are open for participation from any registered voter in the city limits. In addition to local government representation, 39402 also holds many state representatives and senators who work to ensure that Hattiesburg and its surrounding areas have their voices heard at higher levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 39402 (Hattiesburg, MS) is leaning conservative.
Forrest County, MS is somewhat conservative. In Forrest County, MS 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Forrest county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.5%.
Forrest county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39402 (Hattiesburg, MS) is leaning conservative.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi is leaning conservative.
Forrest County, Mississippi is somewhat conservative.
Hattiesburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Hattiesburg, 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 39402 (Hattiesburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 449 contributions totaling $105,780 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 783 contributions totaling $263,329 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)