Cotton Plant leans heavily Republican by roughly 44 points: about 28% of voters vote Democratic and 72% Republican.
About 50% of adults in Cotton Plant typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cotton Plant, ~14% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~50% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cotton Plant compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cotton Plant leans more Republican than 5 of 50 neighbors.
Cotton Plant runs about 22 points more Republican than Mississippi as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Cotton Plant. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+86) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+19), a spread of about 67 points.
Why Cotton Plant 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 Cotton Plant, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 9% of adults in Cotton Plant hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the Mississippi average of 19%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Cotton Plant, MS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Cotton Plant looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Cotton Plant 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 9%, about 51 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 30% of households in Cotton Plant rent, above 84% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 78% of adults in Cotton Plant have completed high school, below 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Blue Mountain, MS R+46
- Pumpkin Center, MS R+63
- Bluff, MS R+89
- Keownville, MS R+86
- New Albany, MS R+49
- Myrtle, MS R+79
- Hickory Flat, MS R+76
- Gravestown, MS R+70
- Locum, MS R+89
Cities with Similar Populations
- Green Hill, TN R+39
- Eglon, WV R+69
- Green Garden, MI R+3
- Lowell, WI R+45
- Melton, VA R+34
- Orange Grove, NC Even
- Mystic, GA R+47
- Pinola, IN R+29
- Terry, MT R+68
- Reed, KY R+58
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.