Friars Point is a Democratic stronghold. About 84% of voters here vote Democratic and 16% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Friars Point typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Friars Point, ~47% vote Democratic, ~9% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Friars Point compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Friars Point leans more Democratic than 56 of 57 neighbors.
Friars Point runs about 90 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Friars Point is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Friars Point 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 Friars Point, 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 95% of residents in Friars Point are Black or African American, about 59 points above the Mississippi average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 65% of adults in Friars Point have never been married, in the top fraction of cities. Friars Point runs against the grain of Mississippi, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with renter-heavy households tend to turn out at a lower rate; Friars Point, MS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Friars Point looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Friars Point 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 5%, about 55 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 52% of households in Friars Point rent, about 28 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 46% of adults in Friars Point report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Long Lake, MS D+59
- Coahoma, MS D+60
- Farrell, MS R+39
- King and Anderson, MS D+3
- Helena, AR D+18
- Oneida, AR Even
- Helena Crossing, AR D+16
- Lake View, AR Even
- Jonestown, MS D+59
Cities with Similar Populations
- Carrville, AL R+48
- Brownsville, MN R+22
- Duncan, NE R+67
- Woonsocket, SD R+57
- Atwood, CO R+66
- South Madison, OH R+42
- Fredericktown, PA R+33
- Lakeport, TX D+27
- Huckabay, TX R+77
- Cerro Gordo, NC R+50
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.