Blaine, MS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Blaine

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Blaine leans heavily Democratic by roughly 38 points: about 69% of voters vote Democratic and 31% Republican.

 

About 46% of adults in Blaine typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Blaine, ~32% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~54% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Blaine compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Blaine leans more Democratic than 47 of 63 neighbors.

Blaine runs about 61 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Blaine is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Blaine. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+49) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+13), a spread of about 62 points.

Why Blaine leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Blaine, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Rural, majority-Black areas of the Southern Black Belt vote Democratic, against the usual rural pattern. About 72% of residents in Blaine are Black or African American, about 36 points above the Mississippi average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 54% of adults in Blaine have never been married, in the top fraction of cities. Blaine runs against the grain of Mississippi, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Blaine, MS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Blaine looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Blaine is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 7%, about 53 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 36% of households in Blaine rent, above 91% of cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 37% of adults in Blaine report food insecurity, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Mississippi Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.