Itta Bena, MS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Itta Bena

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

Itta Bena is a Democratic stronghold. About 83% of voters here vote Democratic and 17% Republican.

 

About 48% of adults in Itta Bena typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Itta Bena, ~40% vote Democratic, ~8% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Itta Bena compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Itta Bena leans more Democratic than 49 of 54 neighbors.

Itta Bena runs about 89 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Itta Bena is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Itta Bena. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+93) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+12), a spread of about 81 points.

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

Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Itta Bena is about 10%, about 62 points below the U.S. average of 72%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 70% of adults in Itta Bena have never been married, in the top fraction of cities. Itta Bena runs against the grain of Mississippi, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Itta Bena, 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 Itta Bena looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Itta Bena 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 4%, about 56 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 61% of households in Itta Bena rent, compared to around 44% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 45% of adults in Itta Bena report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. 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.