The small town of 38859 New Site, MS is an agricultural community located in northeast Mississippi. The area and its citizens are politically conservative, typically voting for Republican candidates in state and federal elections. There is a strong emphasis on family values and small government, with people viewing taxes as an unnecessary burden on citizens. Locals feel that the government should focus resources on infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and schools rather than social programs or foreign aid. The local economy relies heavily on farming, which has been hit hard by severe weather events in recent years. This has led to an increased interest in government policies that support rural areas and their populations. Overall, the politics of 38859 New Site reflects the values of its citizens: conservative policies that promote economic stability while avoiding large expenses on social programs or foreign aid.
The political climate in Zip 38859 (New Site, MS) is very conservative.
Prentiss County, MS is very conservative. In Prentiss County, MS 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prentiss county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 20.2%.
Prentiss county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38859 (New Site, MS) is very conservative.
New Site, Mississippi is very conservative.
Prentiss County, Mississippi is very 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.
New Site, 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 38859 (New Site)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)