The politics in Preston, MS (39354) are dominated by the Republican Party. With a consistently high voter turnout, residents of Preston are passionate about their political views and actively participate in their local elections. In recent years, candidates for local office have campaigned on issues ranging from economic development to public safety. Local leaders have also focused on improving public services and infrastructure throughout the town. With an eye towards the future, many politicians from both major political parties have promised to prioritize the needs of Preston's citizens when it comes to creating legislation that will benefit the community as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 39354 (Preston, MS) is somewhat liberal.
Kemper County, MS is moderately liberal. In Kemper County, MS 61.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kemper county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.0% to 37.8%.
Kemper county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39354 (Preston, MS) is somewhat liberal.
Preston, Mississippi is somewhat liberal.
Kemper County, Mississippi is moderately liberal.
Meridian 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.
Preston, 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 39354 (Preston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)