Cary, Mississippi is a small town located in Smith County with a population of approximately 781 people. It is part of the larger region of Central Mississippi. Politically, Cary is conservative in nature and its local government is mainly focused on providing basic public services such as police protection, infrastructure maintenance, and garbage collection. The town is represented on the Smith County Board of Supervisors by Mr. Jimmy Mcdade and Mrs. Joyce Higgins who are both from Cary and serve as at-large supervisors for the county. The Town Council consists of seven members who are elected to four-year terms by popular vote. These members work together with the Mayor to ensure that all necessary services are provided for their constituents. Finally, there is also an active local chapter of the Republican Party which works to support conservative values in the community.
The political climate in Cary, MS is moderately liberal.
Sharkey County, MS is very liberal. In Sharkey County, MS 67.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sharkey county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.1% to 31.5%.
Sharkey county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cary, MS is moderately liberal.
Sharkey County, Mississippi is very 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.
Cary, 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 Cary, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $35,652 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $469 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)