Editing Issaquena County, Mississippi (section)

==Government and politics==
The county has been depopulating, similar to some other rural [[Black Belt in the American South|Black Belt]] counties.

The county is considered to lean Democratic, voting for [[Barack Obama]] in both 2008 and 2012. However, the county voted for Republican senator [[Thad Cochran]]'s reelection bid in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2014 Senatorial General Election Results - Issaquena County, MS |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2014&fips=28055&f=0&off=3&elect=0&class=2 |access-date=March 4, 2018}}</ref> Donald Trump came within 50 votes of winning the county in 2020 and won it by only 9 votes in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2012 Presidential General Election Results - Issaquena County, MS |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2012&fips=28055&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |access-date=March 4, 2018}}</ref>

In the [[2023 Mississippi elections|2023 statewide elections]], Issaquena voted Republican for two races.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Issaquena |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerDetail.html?ContainerID=4169 |access-date=July 9, 2020 |publisher=Our Campaigns}}</ref> In [[:Category:2024 Mississippi elections|2024]], the county voted Republican both of the statewide races, with [[Donald Trump]] flipping the county Republican for the first time since 1984 on a presidential level.

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