The city of Purvis, Mississippi (39475) is a small town with a population of around 4,700 people. It is part of Lamar County and the local government is organized into several departments that oversee the running of the city. The local politics in Purvis are largely dominated by the Democratic party, which has held office since 1980. There are currently two representatives from Purvis in the state legislature: Rep. Brad Touchstone and Sen. Joey Fillingane. Both of these representatives work to promote and protect the interests of their constituents while making sure to stay true to their core values as Democrats. Additionally, they have been vocal about issues such as education reform, economic development, and environmental protection in order to ensure that Purvis remains a safe and prosperous place to live for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 39475 (Purvis, MS) is very conservative.
Lamar County, MS is very conservative. In Lamar County, MS 25.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lamar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.6% to 25.7%.
Lamar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39475 (Purvis, MS) is very conservative.
Purvis, Mississippi is very conservative.
Lamar County, Mississippi is very conservative.
Hattiesburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Purvis, 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 39475 (Purvis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $4,605 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $35,974 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)