Denmark is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Denmark typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Denmark, ~14% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Denmark compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Denmark leans more Republican than 15 of 46 neighbors.
Denmark runs about 33 points more Republican than Mississippi as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Denmark. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+61) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+51), a spread of about 10 points.
Why Denmark 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 Denmark, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 95% of residents in Denmark drive to work alone, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Denmark sits in the bottom quarter (about 9%, below 94% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 88% of households in Denmark are family households, above 98% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Denmark, MS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Denmark looks the way it does
Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Denmark sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Thaxton, MS R+83
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- Oxford, MS R+12
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- Gary, SD R+53
- Olive, MO R+66
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- Shelby, WI R+4
- Pilgrim, KY R+79
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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.