Oxford, Mississippi, located in the heart of Lafayette County is a vibrant and diverse community. It has a population of over 21,000 people and is known for its culture, art, music and literary scenes. The political landscape in Oxford is made up of both city and county offices that serve the residents of the area. At the city level, Oxford has an elected mayor and five city council members who represent different wards within the city limits. The mayor is responsible for setting policy objectives and ensuring that these are followed by all departments within the city government. In addition to this, there are various boards and commissions such as Planning & Zoning, Historic Preservation Commission, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board and many others which provide guidance on local issues. On the county level, Lafayette County has an elected board of supervisors who oversee many services such as road maintenance, public safety and other community services. Elected officials from both levels work together to ensure that the needs of all citizens are met.
The political climate in Zip 38655 (Oxford, MS) is leaning conservative.
Lafayette County, MS is somewhat conservative. In Lafayette County, MS 43.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.0%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38655 (Oxford, MS) is leaning conservative.
Oxford, Mississippi is leaning conservative.
Lafayette County, Mississippi is somewhat conservative.
Oxford Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Oxford, 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 38655 (Oxford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,215 contributions totaling $340,146 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,361 contributions totaling $863,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $635 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)