Locke Station, MS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Locke Station

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

Locke Station leans slightly Republican by roughly 12 points: about 44% of voters vote Democratic and 56% Republican.

 

About 81% of adults in Locke Station typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Locke Station, ~36% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~19% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Locke Station compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Locke Station leans more Republican than 32 of 51 neighbors.

Locke Station runs about 12 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Locke Station. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+57) and the east side runs the most Republican (R+52), a spread of about 108 points.

Why Locke Station 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 Locke Station, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 93% of residents in Locke Station drive to work alone, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Locke Station are family households, above 82% of cities.

Population density, never-married share, and Republican lean

Places that combine low population density and a never-married-heavy adult population tend to lean Republican, as Locke Station, MS does.

Why turnout in Locke Station looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 98% of households in Locke Station own their home, about 22 points above the Mississippi average of 77%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Locke Station sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. 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.