Gooden Lake is a Republican stronghold. About 23% of voters here vote Democratic and 77% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Gooden Lake typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gooden Lake, ~13% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gooden Lake compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Gooden Lake leans more Republican than 51 of 53 neighbors.
Gooden Lake runs about 32 points more Republican than Mississippi as a whole.
Why Gooden Lake 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 Gooden Lake, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Gooden Lake live in densely developed areas, about 11 points below the Mississippi average of 15%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Gooden Lake, MS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Gooden Lake looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Gooden Lake 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 6%, about 54 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 48% of households in Gooden Lake rent, compared to around 31% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 44% of adults in Gooden Lake report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Belzoni, MS D+73
- Silver City, MS R+33
- Isola, MS D+44
- Murphy, MS R+30
- Jaketown, MS R+38
- Midnight, MS D+15
- Deovolente, MS R+57
- Caile, MS R+3
- Four Mile, MS R+35
- Willet, MS R+9
Cities with Similar Populations
- Alburg Center, VT R+22
- Pisgah Heights, MI R+53
- Menemsha, MA D+64
- Michael, IL R+60
- McDowell Corners, PA R+37
- South Newbury, VT Even
- Lafayette, KY R+63
- Red Bird, MO R+66
- Stavanger, IL R+39
- Remus, MS R+79
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.