Morning Star, MS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Morning Star

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

Morning Star leans Democratic by roughly 20 points: about 60% of voters vote Democratic and 40% Republican.

 

About 74% of adults in Morning Star typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Morning Star, ~44% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Morning Star compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Morning Star leans more Democratic than 35 of 44 neighbors.

Morning Star runs about 42 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Morning Star is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Morning Star. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+23) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+71), a spread of about 94 points.

Why Morning Star 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 Morning Star, 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 58% of residents in Morning Star are Black or African American, about 22 points above the Mississippi average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 39% of adults in Morning Star have never been married, above 92% of cities. Morning Star 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; Morning Star, 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 Morning Star looks the way it does

Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Morning Star 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.