Bolton, Mississippi is a small rural community located in Hinds County. It has a rich history of local politics that continues to shape the town today. The local political landscape is dominated by the Democratic Party, which holds most of the seats on the Bolton City Council and all other local governing bodies. Issues like education, infrastructure, and economic development are the primary focus for local politicians. The current Mayor is Mary Ann Smith, who was first elected in 2019 after running a successful grassroots campaign focused on improving public school systems and increasing access to healthcare services for residents. Other top officials include three members of the City Council鈥擠ee Watkins, Frank Wilson, and Elizabeth Price鈥攁nd the County Commissioner Mark Thompson. All these leaders are committed to working together to make Bolton an even better place for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Bolton, MS is moderately liberal.
Hinds County, MS is very liberal. In Hinds County, MS 73.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hinds county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 73.4% to 25.1%.
Hinds county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bolton, MS is moderately liberal.
Hinds County, Mississippi is very liberal.
Jackson Metro Area is leaning 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.
Bolton, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Bolton, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $5,239 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $15,871 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $345 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)