Indianola, MS is located in the heart of the Mississippi Delta and is known for its history of African American politics. The small city has been at the forefront of civil rights since the 1960s when a group of activists led by Fannie Lou Hamer formed the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge racial segregation. Today, Indianola continues to be an active participant in local politics with candidates from all political parties running for Mayor, City Council, and other public offices. The current Mayor of Indianola is Steve Rosenthal whose term will end in 2021. He has served as mayor since 2013 and is running for re-election this November. Additionally, there are several candidates vying for spots on the Indianola City Council including current Councilmember Sylvester Williams and challenger Roberta Lenton. Both candidates have made it their mission to ensure that all voices are heard and respected in Indianola's political process.
The political climate in Zip 38751 (Indianola, MS) is strongly liberal.
Sunflower County, MS is very liberal. In Sunflower County, MS 70.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sunflower county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.0% to 28.9%.
Sunflower county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38751 (Indianola, MS) is strongly liberal.
Indianola, Mississippi is strongly liberal.
Sunflower County, Mississippi is very liberal.
Indianola Metro Area is very 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.
Indianola, Mississippi: D 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 38751 (Indianola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $1,048 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 190 contributions totaling $133,372 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $702 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)