Philipp, MS is a small town located in the southern part of Mississippi with a population of just over 1,000 people. The town is served by the local government and the mayor's office, which are both elected positions. The mayor of Philipp is currently Jody Mealer and he has been in office since 2017. Other local political candidates include Ward 3 Supervisor Jimmy Neely and Alderman John Smithley. Both Neely and Smithley have been actively campaigning for their respective positions in this upcoming election season. Local politics in Philipp revolve around issues such as economic development, public safety, public works, and education. The current mayor has come out strongly in support of revitalizing downtown Philipp with new businesses and creating more jobs for its residents. He has also worked to improve public safety by increasing police presence in the area as well as investing in street lighting to better protect the citizens of Philipp.
The political climate in Zip 38950 (Philipp, MS) is leaning liberal.
Tallahatchie County, MS is somewhat liberal. In Tallahatchie County, MS 54.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tallahatchie county remained strongly Democratic, 54.6% to 43.8%.
Tallahatchie county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38950 (Philipp, MS) is leaning liberal.
Philipp, Mississippi is leaning liberal.
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi is somewhat liberal.
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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.
Philipp, Mississippi: D D D D D D
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 38950 (Philipp)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $203 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)