Pearlington, MS is a small town located in the southeastern United States. It is home to about 1,000 residents and has a deep sense of community and pride. In Pearlington, MS politics has been a major issue for many years. The town has its own mayor and four council members that work together to make decisions regarding the town's policies and procedures. Additionally, local elections are held regularly to choose the leaders of Pearlington. The most recent election saw incumbent Mayor Joe Johnson win reelection with an overwhelming majority of the votes cast. The other candidates included two local business owners and a local school board member. Each candidate had their own points of view on how to best represent the citizens of Pearlington, making for a vigorous campaign season. With each election cycle, Pearlington's political landscape shifts as new candidates enter the fray to try and take on current officeholders.
The political climate in Zip 39572 (Pearlington, MS) is very conservative.
Hancock County, MS is very conservative. In Hancock County, MS 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.0% to 21.5%.
Hancock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39572 (Pearlington, MS) is very conservative.
Pearlington, Mississippi is very conservative.
Hancock 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.
Pearlington, 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 39572 (Pearlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $718 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)