The small town of Thaxton, MS (38881) is home to a diverse and engaged community when it comes to politics. Despite its population size, the city has an active political scene with numerous local races for office every election season. Residents of Thaxton care deeply about their town and the issues that affect it, being sure to show up at the polls for local, state, and national elections. In addition to voting in elections, citizens of Thaxton are known to attend public meetings and rallies of both major political parties when candidates come through town. The people of Thaxton take pride in their small-town roots and are passionate about their political views, making sure their voices are heard by those in power.
The political climate in Zip 38871 (Thaxton, MS) is very conservative.
Pontotoc County, MS is very conservative. In Pontotoc County, MS 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pontotoc county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.4% to 18.2%.
Pontotoc county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38871 (Thaxton, MS) is very conservative.
Thaxton, Mississippi is very conservative.
Pontotoc County, Mississippi is very conservative.
Tupelo Metro Area is very 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.
Thaxton, 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 38871 (Thaxton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $950 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)