Pleasant Grove leans Democratic by roughly 26 points: about 63% of voters vote Democratic and 37% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Pleasant Grove typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pleasant Grove, ~38% vote Democratic, ~22% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pleasant Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pleasant Grove leans more Democratic than 36 of 52 neighbors.
Pleasant Grove runs about 49 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Pleasant Grove is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pleasant Grove. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (D+73) and the west side runs the most Republican (R+16), a spread of about 89 points.
Why Pleasant Grove 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 Pleasant Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Pleasant Grove votes against the grain of Mississippi. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Pleasant Grove runs about 49 points more Democratic. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 34% of adults in Pleasant Grove have never been married, above 86% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Pleasant Grove, MS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Pleasant Grove looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Pleasant Grove 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%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 39% of adults in Pleasant Grove report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Pleasant Grove have completed high school, below 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Longtown, MS R+3
- Curtis Station, MS D+46
- Como, MS D+31
- Sardis, MS D+28
- Crenshaw, MS D+30
- Sledge, MS D+73
- Batesville, MS D+2
- Sarah, MS R+72
- Locke Station, MS R+11
Cities with Similar Populations
- Norwood, GA D+23
- Bayboro, SC R+30
- Dunn, AL R+33
- Rice, IL R+2
- Westminster, TX R+55
- Wynot, NE R+70
- Webbtown, VA R+27
- Sabinetown, TX R+68
- Geigertown, PA R+32
- Reform, MS R+71
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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.