Located in the northern part of Mississippi, Tunica is a small town with a population of about 1,000 people. Despite its small size, the politics in Tunica are still an important part of the local culture and community. The city has local government elections every four years to determine who will be the mayor and city council members. In addition, both state and federal representatives are elected by residents of Tunica. During election season, candidates actively campaign in order to get their message out and gain support from the citizens of Tunica. Those that are elected help shape policies that affect everything from taxation to public safety to infrastructure improvement projects throughout the town. With each election cycle, it is important for citizens in Tunica to get involved and cast their vote responsibly.
The political climate in Zip 38676 (Tunica, MS) is strongly liberal.
Tunica County, MS is very liberal. In Tunica County, MS 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tunica county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 26.0%.
Tunica county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38676 (Tunica, MS) is strongly liberal.
Tunica, Mississippi is strongly liberal.
Tunica County, Mississippi is very liberal.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Tunica, 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 38676 (Tunica)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $35,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $597 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)