39564 Ocean Springs, MS is a small city located in the southern United States. The city's political scene has been relatively calm and peaceful in recent years, with no major issues dominating the conversation. However, local constituents still take politics very seriously and are engaged in the process. During election cycles, candidates from both major parties vie for the support of voters by promoting their visions for local economic development, public safety initiatives, and public education reform. Residents have a wide range of political views on these topics and come together to debate them during the election season. On Election Day, people line up at polling places to cast their ballots and ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 39564 (Ocean Springs, MS) is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, MS is very conservative. In Jackson County, MS 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.5% to 31.9%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39564 (Ocean Springs, MS) is strongly conservative.
Ocean Springs, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, Mississippi is very conservative.
Gulfport-Biloxi Metro Area is very 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.
Ocean Springs, 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 39564 (Ocean Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,285 contributions totaling $154,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 877 contributions totaling $286,263 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $326 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)