Politics in 39440 Laurel, MS are a reflection of the larger state and national political landscape. The majority of voters in this area tend to identify as conservative, based on their participation in statewide elections. While there are no local political candidates or offices in this area, many residents still engage with the political process by voting for state representatives and senators, as well as participating in presidential campaigns. Despite the fact that there is no population information for this zip code, it is likely that a significant portion of the residents actively participate in politics through these avenues.
The political climate in Zip 39440 (Laurel, MS) is moderately conservative.
Jones County, MS is very conservative. In Jones County, MS 28.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jones county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.5% to 28.3%.
Jones county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39440 (Laurel, MS) is moderately conservative.
Laurel, Mississippi is moderately conservative.
Jones County, Mississippi is very conservative.
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.
Laurel, 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 39440 (Laurel)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $30,608 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $326 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 323 contributions totaling $111,106 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)