Vardaman, Mississippi is a small town of around 1,000 people located in Calhoun County. The local politics are largely focused on concerns such as improving the local economy, creating job opportunities, and making sure that the residents of Vardaman have access to quality public services. The town is represented by two members of the Mississippi House of Representatives: Republican Jeff Hale and Democrat Jarvis Dortch. Both representatives are actively involved in addressing the needs and issues of Vardaman’s citizens, having sponsored and championed numerous bills that benefit the local community. Additionally, Vardaman votes on a variety of local initiatives each year through Calhoun County elections. In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on finding ways to create economic growth as well as bring new businesses into the area. The local government is actively working with leaders from other communities to find solutions that will ensure long-term stability for Vardaman.
The political climate in Zip 38878 (Vardaman, MS) is strongly conservative.
Calhoun County, MS is very conservative. In Calhoun County, MS 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 28.9%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38878 (Vardaman, MS) is strongly conservative.
Vardaman, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
Calhoun County, Mississippi is very conservative.
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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.
Vardaman, 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 38878 (Vardaman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $927 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $10,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $515 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)