Picayune, MS is a small city located in Pearl River County surrounded by rural communities. Politically, Picayune is a largely conservative area that tends to support conservative candidates and initiatives. Picayune is served by two main representatives in the Mississippi State Legislature: House District 92 Representative Mark Formby (R) and Senate District 49 Senator Josh Harkins (R). The Picayune City Council is composed of seven at-large members who are elected to four year terms. The current mayor of Picayune is Ed Pinero. In recent years, the city has seen increases in taxes due to increasing demand for new infrastructure projects including road repair and building maintenance. However, local residents still generally support conservative candidates and initiatives because they believe it will help keep taxes low while still providing the necessary services for their community.
The political climate in Zip 39466 (Picayune, MS) is strongly conservative.
Pearl River County, MS is very conservative. In Pearl River County, MS 17.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pearl River county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.5% to 17.3%.
Pearl River county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39466 (Picayune, MS) is strongly conservative.
Picayune, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
Pearl River County, Mississippi is very conservative.
Picayune 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.
Picayune, 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 39466 (Picayune)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 180 contributions totaling $54,551 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $27,271 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)