Prairie Point, MS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Prairie Point

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

Prairie Point is a Democratic stronghold. About 80% of voters here vote Democratic and 20% Republican.

 

About 70% of adults in Prairie Point typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Prairie Point, ~56% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Prairie Point compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Prairie Point leans more Democratic than 33 of 36 neighbors.

Prairie Point runs about 83 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Prairie Point is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Prairie Point. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+87) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+12), a spread of about 75 points.

Why Prairie Point 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 Prairie Point, 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 75% of residents in Prairie Point are Black or African American, about 39 points above the Mississippi average of 36%. Prairie Point runs against the grain of Mississippi, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Prairie Point, MS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Prairie Point looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Prairie Point 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 7%, about 53 points below the U.S. average of 60%. 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.