Hernando, Mississippi is a small city located in DeSoto County with a population of around 9,000. It's political system consists of a mayor and five council members that are elected by the people of Hernando in order to make decisions that will benefit the city. The current mayor is Chip Johnson, who was elected in 2018 and began his term on July 1st of that year. All five council members are also elected by local residents for four-year terms. The City Council is responsible for setting municipal policies and passing ordinances related to taxes, public health and safety, zoning, land use, contracts, budgeting and other important issues affecting the citizens of Hernando. With an experienced Mayor and dedicated City Council at its helm, Hernando remains an ideal place to call home for many families looking for a safe community with great amenities and welcoming atmosphere.
The political climate in Zip 38632 (Hernando, MS) is moderately conservative.
DeSoto County, MS is moderately conservative. In DeSoto County, MS 37.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeSoto county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.1%.
DeSoto county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38632 (Hernando, MS) is moderately conservative.
Hernando, Mississippi is moderately conservative.
DeSoto County, Mississippi is moderately conservative.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Hernando, 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 38632 (Hernando)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 259 contributions totaling $38,583 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 294 contributions totaling $86,431 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)