Okolona, Mississippi is a small town located in Chickasaw County. Although the population of Okolona and its surrounding areas is relatively small, it still has an active political climate. In recent years, local elections have been contested by a variety of candidates from both political parties. Since the town's county is majority Republican, candidates from this party have often had the advantage over their Democrat counterparts in local election cycles. However, the town also has a number of independent and third-party candidates who have made strong showings in local races as well. Due to its close proximity to larger cities like Tupelo and Aberdeen, Okolona residents are exposed to national issues and controversies which often become important points of discussion during local political debates. With so many engaged citizens ready to make their voices heard on all levels of government, Okolona is an active community that takes politics seriously.
The political climate in Zip 38860 (Okolona, MS) is leaning conservative.
Chickasaw County, MS is leaning conservative. In Chickasaw County, MS 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chickasaw county remained Republican, 51.3% to 46.8%.
Chickasaw county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38860 (Okolona, MS) is leaning conservative.
Okolona, Mississippi is leaning conservative.
Chickasaw County, Mississippi is leaning 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.
Okolona, Mississippi: r r d d 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 38860 (Okolona)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $2,388 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $3,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)