Prichard leans slightly Democratic by roughly 10 points: about 55% of voters vote Democratic and 45% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Prichard typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Prichard, ~30% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Prichard compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Prichard leans more Democratic than 34 of 57 neighbors.
Prichard runs about 32 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Prichard is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Prichard. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+33) and the east side runs the most Republican (R+23), a spread of about 56 points.
Why Prichard 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 Prichard, 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 58% of residents in Prichard are Black or African American, about 22 points above the Mississippi average of 36%. Prichard runs against the grain of Mississippi, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Prichard, 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 Prichard looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Prichard 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%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 28% of households in Prichard rent, compared to around 49% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 29% of adults in Prichard report food insecurity, above 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Cottonville, MS R+35
- Cub Lake, MS R+34
- Robinsonville, MS D+54
- Hollywood, MS D+36
- Tunica, MS D+23
- Tunica Resorts, MS D+37
- Arkabutla, MS R+35
- North Tunica, MS D+20
- Eudora, MS R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- Georgeville, MO R+62
- Dull, OH R+70
- Mccabe, MT R+11
- Pidcoke, TX R+69
- Doverel, GA Even
- Perth, IN R+59
- Swett, SD R+16
- Nash, FL R+69
- Persia, TN R+71
- Bond, CO D+8
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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.