The town of 38659 Potts Camp, MS is a small community in Marshall County located in the northeast corner of Mississippi. It is a rural town with a population of fewer than 800 people. The local political scene in 38659 Potts Camp, MS is a fairly typical one for the state. The town's mayor and the board of alderman are elected in non-partisan elections, and they are responsible for setting policy and budgets, overseeing public works, and managing other municipal operations. In addition to the local government, citizens have access to their state representatives, who represent them at the state level and can provide assistance on specific issues that affect the town or its residents. All residents of 38659 Potts Camp, MS have the opportunity to engage in politics by voting in elections for local officials as well as for state and federal candidates. They can also get involved by joining civic groups or engaging with their local representatives directly through meetings or writing letters or emails.
The political climate in Zip 38659 (Potts Camp, MS) is leaning conservative.
Marshall County, MS is leaning liberal. In Marshall County, MS 50.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained Democratic, 50.9% to 47.8%.
Marshall county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38659 (Potts Camp, MS) is leaning conservative.
Potts Camp, Mississippi is leaning conservative.
Marshall County, Mississippi is leaning liberal.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Potts Camp, Mississippi: D D D D d d
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 38659 (Potts Camp)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $3,338 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)