Silver Creek, MS is a small rural city with a population of just over 2,000 people. Located in Attala County, the local politics are largely influenced by county-level issues. The mayor and board of Alderman are responsible for managing Silver Creek's municipal affairs and enacting local ordinances. Local elections typically have low voter turnout due to the size of the community but those that do participate have a strong commitment to their community. The majority of candidates who run for office have a deep connection to the area and share similar values when it comes to public policy. As part of its commitment to the citizens, the town council works hard to ensure that all residents have access to quality services such as water, sewer, police protection and other basic needs. With a long history of pride in its small-town atmosphere, Silver Creek is proud of its political heritage and is actively engaging citizens in decision making processes at both the local and county level.
The political climate in Zip 39663 (Silver Creek, MS) is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, MS is strongly conservative. In Lawrence County, MS 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 34.2%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39663 (Silver Creek, MS) is moderately conservative.
Silver Creek, Mississippi is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
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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.
Silver Creek, 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 39663 (Silver Creek)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)