Politics in 39169 Tchula, MS are largely influenced by the state legislature and local governments. The city of Tchula is located in Holmes County, which is represented in the Mississippi House of Representatives by Carl Lee and Tommy Reynolds. The Mississippi Senate is represented by Briggs Hopson and Brice Wiggins. At the local level, Tchula has a mayor and a five-member board of aldermen who work together to make important decisions that affect residents. Local citizens participate in annual elections to choose their representatives for all levels of government. For instance, in 2019, voters re-elected Mayor Willie Sims for his fourth term as mayor of Tchula. Voter turnout for this election was especially high as people wanted to show their support for Sims’ leadership. All levels of government strive to work together to address the important issues affecting the people of Tchula, such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and educational opportunities.
The political climate in Zip 39169 (Tchula, MS) is strongly liberal.
Holmes County, MS is very liberal. In Holmes County, MS 81.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 16.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Holmes county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 81.2% to 16.9%.
Holmes county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39169 (Tchula, MS) is strongly liberal.
Tchula, Mississippi is strongly liberal.
Holmes 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.
Tchula, 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 39169 (Tchula)
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 1 contributions totaling $505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $505 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)