38778 Sunflower, MS is a small town in the southeastern part of Mississippi. While it doesn't have a large population, there is still a lot of local politics in the area. Many of the decisions made by local government officials affect residents of Sunflower and the surrounding area. With elections coming up, many local political candidates are vying for seats on boards and councils to help shape policy and make positive change for the community. Residents have an opportunity to make their voices heard through voting and supporting candidates that they believe will work for the best interests of Sunflower and its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 38778 (Sunflower, MS) is strongly liberal.
Sunflower County, MS is very liberal. In Sunflower County, MS 70.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sunflower county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.0% to 28.9%.
Sunflower county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38778 (Sunflower, MS) is strongly liberal.
Sunflower, Mississippi is strongly liberal.
Sunflower County, Mississippi is very liberal.
Indianola Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Sunflower, 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 38778 (Sunflower)
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 19 contributions totaling $9,785 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $515 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)