Morgan City leans slightly Democratic by roughly 12 points: about 56% of voters vote Democratic and 44% Republican.
About 30% of adults in Morgan City typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Morgan City, ~17% vote Democratic, ~13% Republican, and ~70% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Morgan City compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Morgan City leans more Democratic than 26 of 50 neighbors.
Morgan City runs about 35 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Morgan City is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Morgan City 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 Morgan City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 49% of adults in Morgan City hold a bachelor's degree, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Rural majority-Black areas vote Democratic, and about 71% of residents in Morgan City are Black or African American, in the top fraction of cities. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 78% of adults in Morgan City have never been married, in the top fraction of cities.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with renter-heavy households tend to turn out at a lower rate; Morgan City, MS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Morgan City looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Morgan City 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 4%, about 56 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 75% of households in Morgan City rent, compared to around 42% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 45% of adults in Morgan City report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Phillipstown, MS D+48
- Swan Lake, MS D+13
- Itta Bena, MS D+66
- Four Mile, MS R+35
- Murdock Crossing, MS D+26
- Moorhead, MS D+53
- Sidon, MS D+4
- Rising Sun, MS D+66
- Oak Grove, MS R+57
Cities with Similar Populations
- North Pomfret, VT D+30
- Oasis, UT R+82
- Ocean Forest, SC R+46
- Luther, IN R+66
- Shoals, WV R+54
- East Germantown, IN R+54
- Gardiner, WA D+25
- Stanley, OK R+71
- Taopi, MN R+42
- Olivet Hill, MD R+29
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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.