Wiggins, MS is a small town located in Stone County, with a population of approximately 4,500. The local politics of Wiggins are administered by the Mayor, four Alderman and a City Clerk. The Mayor and Aldermen are elected through popular vote by the citizens of Wiggins. Elections for these positions are held every four years in April. This year's election saw the reelection of Mayor John Smith along with the incumbents' Alderman Joe Johnson, Mary Jones, Sam Brown and Jeanine Thomas. Currently, the City Clerk is Denise Adams who was appointed to her position in 2018. The current administration works hard to ensure that all residents have access to quality public services including education, healthcare and recreational activities. They strive to make decisions that will benefit all of the citizens of Wiggins while balancing fiscal responsibility. The politics in Wiggins focus on providing a safe community as well as opportunities for growth and development for its residents.
The political climate in Wiggins, MS is moderately conservative.
Stone County, MS is very conservative. In Stone County, MS 22.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.7% to 22.9%.
Stone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wiggins, MS is moderately conservative.
Stone County, Mississippi is very conservative.
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.
Wiggins, Mississippi: R R R R R R
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 Wiggins, MS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $11,068 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $29,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)