Glendora is a Democratic stronghold. About 87% of voters here vote Democratic and 13% Republican.
About 77% of adults in Glendora typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Glendora, ~67% vote Democratic, ~10% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Glendora compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Glendora leans more Democratic than 53 of 54 neighbors.
Glendora runs about 98 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Glendora is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Glendora 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 Glendora, 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 90% of residents in Glendora are Black or African American, about 54 points above the Mississippi average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 54% of adults in Glendora have never been married, in the top fraction of cities. Glendora 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; Glendora, 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 Glendora looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Glendora 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%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Whitehead, MS D+75
- Sharkey, MS D+74
- Somerville, MS Even
- Tippo, MS D+19
- Webb, MS D+56
- Sunnyside, MS Even
- Philipp, MS Even
- Effie, MS D+40
- Sumner, MS D+38
- Minter City, MS R+11
Cities with Similar Populations
- Alsey, IL R+66
- Timber Ridge, VA R+37
- Star City, MO R+66
- Maida, ND R+46
- Desha, VA D+7
- Grand Canyon, AZ R+29
- Onward, IN R+56
- California Hot Springs, CA R+42
- Garfield, NM Even
- Young America, IN R+64
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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.