The city of Water Valley, MS (38965) is a small city located in Yalobusha County. It is the county seat of Yalobusha and has a population of around 3,500 people. Politics in 38965 Water Valley are driven by local issues that have relevance to its citizens such as school funding, economic development, public safety initiatives, and infrastructure. Local political candidates focus on these issues in order to ensure that they are on the forefront of any municipal decision-making process. In addition, local candidates work hard to communicate their platforms and make sure their constituents understand their stance on important matters. Local politicians strive to represent the best interests of the community and take great care when making decisions that will affect its residents.
The political climate in Zip 38965 (Water Valley, MS) is somewhat conservative.
Yalobusha County, MS is somewhat conservative. In Yalobusha County, MS 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yalobusha county remained strongly Republican, 56.2% to 42.6%.
Yalobusha county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38965 (Water Valley, MS) is somewhat conservative.
Water Valley, Mississippi is somewhat conservative.
Yalobusha County, Mississippi is somewhat 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.
Water Valley, Mississippi: d 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 38965 (Water Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 130 contributions totaling $22,915 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $3,769 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)