The small town of Heidelberg, Mississippi is home to just over 3,000 people and is situated in Jasper County. Politics in the area are centered around local issues such as education, public safety, economic development, and social services. The mayor of Heidelberg is Rachelle Powell-Harris who has been serving since 2019. Under her leadership, the city has seen its unemployment rate decrease and crime rate drop significantly. Along with the mayor there are a number of aldermen and supervisors that make up the local government. They work together to ensure that the citizens of Heidelberg have access to all the resources they need. Local elections take place every four years where citizens can chose their representatives for these positions.
The political climate in Zip 39439 (Heidelberg, MS) is leaning conservative.
Jasper County, MS is leaning liberal. In Jasper County, MS 49.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jasper county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.7% to 49.2%.
Jasper county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39439 (Heidelberg, MS) is leaning conservative.
Heidelberg, Mississippi is leaning conservative.
Jasper County, Mississippi is leaning liberal.
Laurel 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.
Heidelberg, Mississippi: r d 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 39439 (Heidelberg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)