Lumberton, Mississippi is a small town located in Lamar County with a population of about 2,500 people. The town is represented locally by the Mayor and five City Council Members. Lumberton is part of the 5th Congressional District, represented by Congressman Michael Guest. The local political landscape has been largely dominated by conservative values, however there have been some recent changes to the city council which have brought more diversity to the table. This change has resulted in more progressive initiatives being introduced and discussed at city council meetings. In addition to municipal policy-making, Lumberton also plays an active role in state and national politics. Residents come together during election season to talk about important issues and voice their opinions on how they think the government should be run.
The political climate in Zip 39455 (Lumberton, MS) is very conservative.
Lamar County, MS is very conservative. In Lamar County, MS 25.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lamar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.6% to 25.7%.
Lamar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39455 (Lumberton, MS) is very conservative.
Lumberton, Mississippi is very conservative.
Lamar County, Mississippi is very conservative.
Hattiesburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Lumberton, 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 39455 (Lumberton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $5,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $481 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $2,490 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)