Smithville, MS is a small city with a population of just over 10,000 people. Located in Mississippi's Lowndes county, it is home to a diverse range of communities and cultures. As such, Smithville has an engaged and active local political scene. The current mayor is Robert Wesson Jr., who was elected in 2013 on a platform of responsible fiscal stewardship and development of the city's infrastructure. Many candidates have recently put their names forward for the upcoming mayoral race, with issues such as the environment, education reform and economic growth being key topics for discussion. There are also several city council members up for re-election this year, all vying to represent their constituents in the best way possible. Smithville residents are passionate about their local politics and take great pride in making sure their voices are heard by casting informed ballots on election day.
The political climate in Zip 38870 (Smithville, MS) is strongly conservative.
Monroe County, MS is strongly conservative. In Monroe County, MS 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 34.0%.
Monroe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38870 (Smithville, MS) is strongly conservative.
Smithville, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
Monroe County, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
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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.
Smithville, 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 38870 (Smithville)
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 9 contributions totaling $676 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)