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

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

Parchman leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.

 

About 27% of adults in Parchman typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Parchman, ~11% vote Democratic, ~16% Republican, and ~73% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Parchman compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Parchman leans more Republican than 50 of 57 neighbors.

Parchman runs about 6 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Parchman. The southeast side runs the most Democratic (D+27) and the south side runs the most Republican (R+18), a spread of about 45 points.

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

Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Parchman live in densely developed areas, about 11 points below the Mississippi average of 15%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Parchman sits in the bottom quarter (about 4%, in the bottom fraction of cities).

Park access and Republican lean

Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Parchman, MS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.

Why turnout in Parchman looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Parchman 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%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 54% of households in Parchman rent, about 29 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 42% of adults in Parchman report food insecurity, in the top fraction of 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.