Marks, MS is a small town located in the Mississippi Delta region. With a population of just over 3,000 people, politics in Marks is relatively quiet and low-key. Local elections typically attract only a few candidates who are passionate about the future of their community. These candidates tend to be familiar faces within the community as they have often been involved in civic organizations or local government initiatives prior to running for office. The overall atmosphere in Marks is one of collaboration and positive dialogue between residents and elected officials. Major issues discussed during elections often center around economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and access to quality healthcare. In addition to local election races, Marks citizens typically keep up with national political debates through television, radio, and print media outlets.
The political climate in Zip 38646 (Marks, MS) is strongly liberal.
Quitman County, MS is very liberal. In Quitman County, MS 66.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Quitman county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.6% to 31.8%.
Quitman county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38646 (Marks, MS) is strongly liberal.
Marks, Mississippi is strongly liberal.
Quitman County, Mississippi is very liberal.
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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.
Marks, Mississippi: D D D D D D
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 38646 (Marks)
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 28 contributions totaling $4,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)