Lauderdale, Mississippi is located in Lauderdale County and is home to a population of just over 8,000 people. Its political landscape is marked by the wide variety of voices and platforms that make up its city government. The current mayor of Lauderdale is Ed May III who was elected in 2020. He has served on the Lauderdale City Council since 2009 and has implemented several initiatives to improve the quality of life for residents. The City Council consists of five members each elected at-large for four year terms. Additionally, the citizens of Lauderdale are represented by State Senator Merle Flowers and State Representatives Steve Hopkins and Jeffrey Guice in the Mississippi State Legislature. These representatives work closely with their constituents to ensure their interests are represented in Jackson. With so many diverse perspectives working together, it's no wonder why Lauderdale is such an inviting place to call home.
The political climate in Zip 39335 (Lauderdale, MS) is somewhat conservative.
Lauderdale County, MS is somewhat conservative. In Lauderdale County, MS 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lauderdale county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.5%.
Lauderdale county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39335 (Lauderdale, MS) is somewhat conservative.
Lauderdale, Mississippi is somewhat conservative.
Lauderdale County, Mississippi is somewhat conservative.
Meridian Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Lauderdale, 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 39335 (Lauderdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $3,792 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)