Osyka, MS is a small city located in Pike County that has a population of around 500 residents. The local political atmosphere is defined by the mayor and four-member board of aldermen who are elected to manage the town鈥檚 affairs. They meet on the first Monday of every month at City Hall to discuss and vote on various issues affecting the town, such as setting tax rates, promoting local economic growth, and maintaining public safety initiatives. Residents of Osyka can get involved with local politics by attending meetings, voting in local elections, or joining one of several civic organizations like the Osyka Lions Club or the Osyka Chamber of Commerce. Elections for mayor and city council take place every four years and citizens have an opportunity to influence decisions that affect their community. With effective leadership, these elected officials can ensure that Osyka remains a great place to live.
The political climate in Zip 39657 (Osyka, MS) is leaning conservative.
Pike County, MS is leaning liberal. In Pike County, MS 49.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.8% to 48.8%.
Pike county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39657 (Osyka, MS) is leaning conservative.
Osyka, Mississippi is leaning conservative.
Pike County, Mississippi is leaning liberal.
McComb 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.
Osyka, Mississippi: r r 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 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 39657 (Osyka)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,397 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)