Ecru is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Ecru typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ecru, ~7% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ecru compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ecru leans more Republican than 38 of 60 neighbors.
Ecru runs about 51 points more Republican than Mississippi as a whole.
Why Ecru 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 Ecru, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 79% of households in Ecru are family households, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Ecru, 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 Ecru looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Ecru 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 8%, about 52 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 34% of households in Ecru rent, above 89% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 76% of adults in Ecru have completed high school, below 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
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- Ingomar, MS R+71
- New Harmony, MS R+74
- Pontotoc, MS R+59
- Endville, MS R+67
- Poolville, MS R+86
- New Albany, MS R+49
- Pinedale, MS R+87
Cities with Similar Populations
- Port Aransas, TX R+43
- Stone Ridge, NY D+39
- Afton, MN D+5
- Towanda, KS R+49
- Vian, OK R+53
- Fairview, OK R+68
- Five Points, NM D+26
- Wilton, ME R+21
- West Townsend, MA R+10
- Battleboro, NC D+20
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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.