Lombardy is a Democratic stronghold. About 77% of voters here vote Democratic and 23% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Lombardy typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lombardy, ~46% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lombardy compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lombardy leans more Democratic than 44 of 54 neighbors.
Lombardy runs about 76 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Lombardy is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Lombardy. The north side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+61) and the west side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+41), a spread of about 20 points.
Why Lombardy 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 Lombardy, 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 79% of residents in Lombardy are Black or African American, about 43 points above the Mississippi average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 59% of adults in Lombardy have never been married, in the top fraction of cities. Lombardy runs against the grain of Mississippi, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Lombardy, 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 Lombardy looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Lombardy 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%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 50% of adults in Lombardy report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Lombardy sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Shelby, MS D+77
- Winstonville, MS D+73
- Duncan, MS D+58
- Perthshire, MS D+49
- Mound Bayou, MS D+80
- Gunnison, MS D+41
- Alligator, MS D+49
- Symonds, MS D+49
- Waxhaw, MS D+50
- Merigold, MS D+24
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zenith, KS R+74
- Catarina, TX Even
- Roy Lake, MN R+12
- Walum, ND R+53
- Mount Hamill, IA R+46
- Challenge-Brownsville, CA R+27
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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.