39083 Hazlehurst, MS is a small city located in southwestern Mississippi. The city is governed by a mayor and five-member Board of Aldermen. The Mayor presides over the board meetings and acts as head of government for the city. The Board of Aldermen are responsible for appointing members to various boards and commissions, including those that oversee the police, fire departments, public works department, parks and recreation department, and planning commission. They are also responsible for enacting ordinances and resolutions related to local laws and regulations governing the community. Each year local elections are held to elect a new mayor and board members who serve four-year terms. The citizens of Hazlehurst take great pride in their city government and work together to ensure that their city remains safe, vibrant, well-maintained, and an amazing place to live or visit.
The political climate in Zip 39083 (Hazlehurst, MS) is leaning liberal.
Copiah County, MS is leaning liberal. In Copiah County, MS 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Copiah county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 48.5%.
Copiah county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39083 (Hazlehurst, MS) is leaning liberal.
Hazlehurst, Mississippi is leaning liberal.
Copiah County, Mississippi is leaning liberal.
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.
Hazlehurst, Mississippi: r R d D d d
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 39083 (Hazlehurst)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $20,488 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $387 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $14,732 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)