Rolling Fork, MS is a small town located in Sharkey County. The city has a population of approximately 2,500 people and has an elected mayor along with five members of the Board of Aldermen who are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the city. The current mayor is Reginald Jackson, who was elected in 2018. The five Aldermen are Tony Williams, Kayla Mays, Jacob Moore, Robert Scott and Will Johnson. They are all committed to promoting a safe and prosperous community that fosters positive growth and development. In order to ensure the best outcome for their constituents, these elected officials work closely with local businesses, organizations, churches and schools to identify opportunities for progress while supporting local initiatives that will bring prosperity to Rolling Fork.
The political climate in Zip 39159 (Rolling Fork, MS) is strongly liberal.
Sharkey County, MS is very liberal. In Sharkey County, MS 67.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sharkey county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.1% to 31.5%.
Sharkey county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39159 (Rolling Fork, MS) is strongly liberal.
Rolling Fork, Mississippi is strongly liberal.
Sharkey County, Mississippi is very 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.
Rolling Fork, 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 39159 (Rolling Fork)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $34,037 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $479 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)