Tupelo, Mississippi is a small city located in Lee County with an estimated population of 37,842 according to the 2019 U.S. Census Bureau. The city has recently experienced significant growth due to increasing job opportunities and has also become a popular tourist destination, making its politics an important factor in the lives of its residents. Tupelo is served by mayor Jason L. Shelton and five members of the City Council, who are elected through nonpartisan elections every four years. The local board of supervisors elections for Lee County are also held every four years, with seven members from seven single-member districts being elected at-large by all eligible citizens in the county. Together, these two governing bodies work together to ensure that Tupelo remains a vibrant and safe place to live for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 38804 (Tupelo, MS) is moderately conservative.
Lee County, MS is very conservative. In Lee County, MS 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 33.0%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38804 (Tupelo, MS) is moderately conservative.
Tupelo, Mississippi is moderately conservative.
Lee 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.
Tupelo, 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 38804 (Tupelo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 481 contributions totaling $46,243 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 319 contributions totaling $157,867 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $495 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)