Pascagoula, MS is a coastal city located in Jackson County. The city is served by the Pascagoula Mayor and Board of Aldermen, which consists of five members elected to four-year terms. The Mayor is elected directly by citizens of the community. The current mayor of Pascagoula is Dane Maxwell, who was elected in 2019 and is set to serve until 2023. This board oversees all aspects of local government including budgeting, public safety, infrastructure repairs, city services and more. Additionally, the people of Pascagoula have representation at state level with a two Senator and three Representative delegation in the Mississippi Legislature. These representatives are responsible for advocating for their constituents on issues such as public safety, education reform, healthcare access and more. Through local officials, state leaders and citizen involvement, 39581 Pascagoula works every day to ensure that its citizens receive fair representation at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 39581 (Pascagoula, MS) is moderately 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 39581 (Pascagoula, MS) is moderately conservative.
Pascagoula, Mississippi is moderately 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.
Pascagoula, 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 39581 (Pascagoula)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $6,379 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $5,226 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)