Waynesboro, MS is a small town located in Wayne County and is home to a population of around 5,000 people. It is a tight-knit community with strong political roots which are evident through its local elections. Each year a number of candidates vie for positions on the city council and mayor’s office, providing an opportunity for residents to have their voices heard through their ballot choices. These candidates offer different stances on various issues such as economic development, public safety, and education reform that often divide the electorate into two distinct ideological camps. The outcome of these elections has lasting implications on the future direction of Waynesboro's politics and thus shapes the direction taken by the city in pursuing its goals for growth and development.
The political climate in Zip 39367 (Waynesboro, MS) is moderately conservative.
Wayne County, MS is strongly conservative. In Wayne County, MS 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 36.0%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39367 (Waynesboro, MS) is moderately conservative.
Waynesboro, Mississippi is moderately conservative.
Wayne County, Mississippi is strongly 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.
Waynesboro, 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 39367 (Waynesboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $582 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $19,749 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)