Pinckneyville leans heavily Democratic by roughly 46 points: about 73% of voters vote Democratic and 27% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Pinckneyville typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pinckneyville, ~48% vote Democratic, ~18% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pinckneyville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pinckneyville leans more Democratic than 31 of 37 neighbors.
Pinckneyville runs about 68 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Pinckneyville is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pinckneyville. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+67) and the west side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+23), a spread of about 44 points.
Why Pinckneyville 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 Pinckneyville, 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 67% of residents in Pinckneyville are Black or African American, about 31 points above the Mississippi average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 40% of adults in Pinckneyville have never been married, above 94% of cities. Pinckneyville 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; Pinckneyville, 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 Pinckneyville looks the way it does
Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Pinckneyville sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Fort Adams, MS D+23
- Weyanoke, LA D+68
- Donegal, MS D+67
- Lessley, MS D+23
- Angola, LA R+66
- Plettenberg, LA D+53
- Wakefield, LA R+83
- Woodville, MS D+47
- Turnbull, MS D+22
Cities with Similar Populations
- Young Hickory, OH R+62
- Hopkins, VA R+38
- Sanderson, WV R+60
- Driftwood, OK R+81
- Stuart Place, TX R+14
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.