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

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

Mileston is a Democratic stronghold. About 79% of voters here vote Democratic and 21% Republican.

 

About 64% of adults in Mileston typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mileston, ~50% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Mileston compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Mileston leans more Democratic than 39 of 46 neighbors.

Mileston runs about 82 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Mileston is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Mileston. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (D+66) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+23), a spread of about 89 points.

Why Mileston 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 Mileston, 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 88% of residents in Mileston are Black or African American, about 52 points above the Mississippi average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 58% of adults in Mileston have never been married, in the top fraction of cities. Mileston runs against the grain of Mississippi, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout

Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Mileston, MS does.

Why turnout in Mileston looks the way it does

Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Mileston sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. 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.