Marion, MS is a small town located in Leake County with a population of roughly 39342 people. It has a mayor-council form of government with the mayor being responsible for the overall administration and the council responsible for setting policy. The current mayor is Stephen Gaskin who was elected in 2013, and the four members of the Marion City Council are M. L. Holloman, Mark Chadwick, Janna K. Smith and Tim Bynum. Each term lasts four years and elections are held every two years to fill open positions on both the council and mayoral seats. The city of Marion is also served by representatives from both the Mississippi House of Representatives and Senate who work to ensure that their constituents' voices are heard in Jackson. In addition, Marion is represented at the federal level by one congressional representative in Washington D.C., currently Representative Trent Kelly (R).
The political climate in Zip 39342 (Marion, 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 39342 (Marion, MS) is somewhat conservative.
Marion, 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.
Marion, 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 39342 (Marion)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $3,476 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)