The politics of 39701 Columbus, MS are reflective of the state politics as a whole. The city is located in Lowndes County and part of Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District. This district is currently represented by Michael Guest, a Republican who was first elected in 2018. While Republicans have traditionally held most county and state offices, the area has seen an increase in Democratic candidates running for office in recent years. Political issues that are important to residents of 39701 Columbus include healthcare, education, job security, civil rights and environmental protection. Additionally, many voters are passionate about the need for economic development opportunities within the city limits and across the county. Local races for mayor, city council members and school board representatives typically have higher turnouts than those for county or state positions due to their more direct involvement with constituents.
The political climate in Zip 39701 (Columbus, MS) is leaning liberal.
Lowndes County, MS is leaning conservative. In Lowndes County, MS 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lowndes county remained Republican, 50.7% to 48.0%.
Lowndes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39701 (Columbus, MS) is leaning liberal.
Columbus, Mississippi is leaning liberal.
Lowndes County, Mississippi is leaning conservative.
Columbus Metro Area is leaning 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.
Columbus, 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 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 39701 (Columbus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 201 contributions totaling $17,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 126 contributions totaling $51,889 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $412 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)