The politics in 38773 Shaw, MS are predictably influenced by its local government. As such, the small community is highly engaged in their local decision-making and elections. While it has a small population of just over 1,800 people, citizens of Shaw are passionate about shaping their future through the voting process. The mayor of Shaw is a local farmer and leading business owner who has been in office since 2009. He is supported by an experienced city council who are dedicated to creating a better quality of life for all residents of Shaw. Local politics also involve initiatives to boost economic development and attract new businesses to the area. Recently, town leaders have invested in infrastructure improvements to enable faster broadband internet access for local homes and businesses. It's exciting times for Shaw as they continue to champion progress that will benefit the community as a whole for many years to come.
The political climate in Zip 38773 (Shaw, MS) is moderately liberal.
Bolivar County, MS is strongly liberal. In Bolivar County, MS 64.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bolivar county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.8% to 34.0%.
Bolivar county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38773 (Shaw, MS) is moderately liberal.
Shaw, Mississippi is moderately liberal.
Bolivar County, Mississippi is strongly liberal.
Cleveland Metro Area is strongly 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.
Shaw, 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 38773 (Shaw)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)