Monticello, MS is located in a rural area of Mississippi and has very little political representation from the local level up to the state level. The majority of representatives for this area are from larger cities across the state, with no one from Monticello being directly represented. However, elections are held regularly and many residents make sure to exercise their right to vote in order to have their voice heard. Though there may not be any local political candidates, the people of Monticello still strive to do what they can within their means to ensure that their community is making progress.
The political climate in Zip 39654 (Monticello, MS) is strongly conservative.
Lawrence County, MS is strongly conservative. In Lawrence County, MS 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 34.2%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39654 (Monticello, MS) is strongly conservative.
Monticello, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
Lawrence 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.
Monticello, 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 39654 (Monticello)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $5,314 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $8,524 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $426 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)