The town of 39474 Prentiss, MS is located in Jefferson Davis County and is part of the Mississippi Gulf Coast region. Politically, the county is a strong Republican stronghold with all of its state legislators being Republican. This small town is part of a larger network of communities on the Gulf Coast that share similar values and attitudes towards politics. The community in Prentiss has an active local government that focuses on improving the quality of life for its citizens. This includes preserving natural resources, maintaining public services, and providing public safety and security. Local elections generally draw out a large number of voters who are keenly interested in electing people who have their best interests in mind. Each year there are several candidates running for various offices within the city and county governments, giving residents an opportunity to have a say in who represents them at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 39474 (Prentiss, MS) is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson Davis County, MS is moderately liberal. In Jefferson Davis County, MS 57.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson Davis county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.9% to 40.8%.
Jefferson Davis county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39474 (Prentiss, MS) is somewhat liberal.
Prentiss, Mississippi is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi is moderately 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.
Prentiss, 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 39474 (Prentiss)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $1,229 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $4,446 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)