Lamar County leans heavily Republican by roughly 40 points: about 30% of voters vote Democratic and 70% Republican.
About 69% of adults in Lamar County typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lamar County, ~21% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~31% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lamar County compares
Among counties within 50 miles, Lamar County leans more Republican than 8 of 13 neighbors.
Lamar County runs about 17 points more Republican than Mississippi as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by city within Lamar County. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (D+13) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+83), a spread of about 96 points.
Why Lamar County leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per county to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Lamar County, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 82% of residents in Lamar County drive to work alone, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 71% of households in Lamar County are family households, above 83% of counties.
Local retail density and voter turnout
Places with dense local retail within a mile tend to turn out at a higher rate; Lamar County, MS sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Nearby retail does not change how people vote; it reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Lamar County looks the way it does
Turnout in Lamar County sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Counties
- Forrest County, MS R+6
- Marion County, MS R+33
- Covington County, MS R+32
- Perry County, MS R+58
- Jefferson Davis County, MS D+6
- Jones County, MS R+32
- Stone County, MS R+57
- Walthall County, MS R+26
- Lawrence County, MS R+30
- Washington Parish, LA R+36
Counties with Similar Populations
- San Benito County, CA D+12
- Isabella County, MI R+3
- Rutherford County, NC R+46
- Hamblen County, TN R+51
- Warrick County, IN R+33
- Nacogdoches County, TX R+29
- Columbia County, PA R+32
- Belknap County, NH R+8
- Carbon County, PA R+35
- Effingham County, GA R+46
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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.