Madison, MS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Madison

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

Madison leans heavily Republican by roughly 36 points: about 32% of voters vote Democratic and 68% Republican.

 

About 78% of adults in Madison typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Madison, ~25% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Madison compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Madison leans more Republican than 31 of 49 neighbors.

Madison runs about 14 points more Republican than Mississippi as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Madison. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (D+9) and the northwest side runs the most Republican (R+55), a spread of about 64 points.

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

Madison votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 50%, far above the Mississippi average of 15%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Madison are family households, above 82% of cities.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Madison, 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 Madison looks the way it does

Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Madison have completed high school, about 12 points above the Mississippi average of 85%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Madison sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Madison own their home, compared to around 70% in nearby cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.