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

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

Dentville leans slightly Democratic by roughly 6 points: about 53% of voters vote Democratic and 47% Republican.

 

About 56% of adults in Dentville typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Dentville, ~30% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Dentville compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Dentville leans more Democratic than 26 of 44 neighbors.

Dentville runs about 28 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Dentville is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Dentville. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+8) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+18), a spread of about 27 points.

Why Dentville 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 Dentville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 39% of adults in Dentville have never been married, well above similar-sized cities (around 20%). Dentville runs against the grain of Mississippi, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Dentville, MS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Dentville looks the way it does

Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 22% of adults in Dentville report food insecurity, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Dentville sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.