39560 Long Beach, MS is a vibrant coastal community located in Harrison County. While its population size has grown over the years, it remains relatively small with a population of around 5,400 people. Despite its modest size, Long Beach has an active political scene that influences the daily life of its citizens. Local elections for county and city offices are held on a regular basis to ensure that the community's interests are represented in the government. On election day, residents are encouraged to come out and vote for local candidates who they feel will most effectively represent their values and goals for the community. The current mayor of Long Beach is Kenny Tompkins, who was elected to his position in 2019. With his commitment to public safety and sustainability initiatives, Mayor Tompkins has worked diligently to make sure that Long Beach continues to be a safe place full of opportunity for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 39560 (Long Beach, MS) is moderately conservative.
Harrison County, MS is strongly conservative. In Harrison County, MS 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 36.5%.
Harrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39560 (Long Beach, MS) is moderately conservative.
Long Beach, Mississippi is moderately conservative.
Harrison County, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
Gulfport-Biloxi 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.
Long Beach, 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 39560 (Long Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 302 contributions totaling $10,564 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 241 contributions totaling $50,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)