Poplar Springs leans Democratic by roughly 16 points: about 58% of voters vote Democratic and 42% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Poplar Springs typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Poplar Springs, ~36% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Poplar Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Poplar Springs leans more Democratic than 20 of 40 neighbors.
Poplar Springs runs about 39 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Poplar Springs is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Poplar Springs. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+62) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (R+73), a spread of about 135 points.
Why Poplar Springs 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 Poplar Springs, 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 Poplar Springs are Black or African American, about 31 points above the Mississippi average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 36% of adults in Poplar Springs have never been married, above 89% of cities. Poplar Springs 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; Poplar Springs, 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 Poplar Springs looks the way it does
Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Poplar Springs sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- West, MS D+15
- Wiltshire, MS D+19
- Vaiden, MS D+3
- Durant, MS D+67
- Coila, MS R+19
- Lexington, MS D+58
- Owens Wells, MS D+60
- Possumneck, MS R+77
- Emory, MS D+52
- Carmack, MS R+78
Cities with Similar Populations
- Klossner, MN R+50
- Blomkest, MN R+59
- Nehawka, NE R+46
- Blandville, KY R+64
- Reka, GA R+39
- Holston Valley, TN R+74
- Sagrada, MO R+62
- Friendship, OK R+72
- St. Martin, MN R+73
- Wagersville, KY R+63
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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.