Moorhead, MS is a small town in the southern region of Mississippi. It has an active local government that works to serve the citizens of Moorhead and promote development in the community. The Moorhead City Council is responsible for setting policy and making decisions that affect the daily life of residents. The City Council consists of five members who are elected to serve four-year terms and are responsible for enacting ordinances related to zoning, land use, budgeting, taxation, infrastructure, public safety and other issues important to the town. Additionally, there are multiple positions on the city鈥檚 planning commission which serve a similar purpose but focus more on long-term growth initiatives for the town. Aside from these local officials, Moorhead is also represented at the state level by its representatives in Mississippi鈥檚 House and Senate, both of whom work tirelessly to ensure that Moorhead鈥檚 voice is heard in Jackson. All in all, politics in Moorhead is an ever-changing landscape as its citizens strive to create a better future for their hometown.
The political climate in Moorhead, MS is strongly liberal.
Sunflower County, MS is very liberal. In Sunflower County, MS 70.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sunflower county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.0% to 28.9%.
Sunflower county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moorhead, MS is strongly liberal.
Sunflower County, Mississippi is very liberal.
Indianola Metro Area 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.
Moorhead, 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 Moorhead, MS
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 4 contributions totaling $3,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $750 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)