Mount Olive, MS is a small town located in Marion County with a population of approximately 400 people. Despite its size, the town has a strong presence in local politics. Each year, residents come together to elect important officials such as the mayor and town council members who play a vital role in making decisions that benefit the community. Every election cycle brings new and exciting candidates to the ballot box who have their own unique vision for how to improve the town. The process of choosing representatives can be quite contentious as each candidate tries to convince voters they are the best choice for Mount Olive's future. Ultimately, it is up to citizens to decide who will lead them through the next four-year term. It is clear that Mount Olive takes its politics seriously, as evidenced by the passionate debates occurring on street corners and around kitchen tables throughout town.
The political climate in Zip 39119 (Mount Olive, MS) is moderately conservative.
Covington County, MS is strongly conservative. In Covington County, MS 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Covington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.5% to 36.5%.
Covington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39119 (Mount Olive, MS) is moderately conservative.
Mount Olive, Mississippi is moderately conservative.
Covington County, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
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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.
Mount Olive, 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 39119 (Mount Olive)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $5,306 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)