Rainey is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Rainey typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rainey, ~7% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rainey compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rainey leans more Republican than 33 of 41 neighbors.
Rainey runs about 56 points more Republican than Mississippi as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Rainey. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+86) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+59), a spread of about 27 points.
Why Rainey 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 Rainey, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 89% of residents in Rainey drive to work alone, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Rainey sits in the bottom quarter (about 12%, below 89% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Rainey are family households, above 91% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Rainey, 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 Rainey looks the way it does
Turnout in Rainey sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Maybank, MS R+50
- Ellisville, MS R+51
- Glendale, MS R+57
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- Champion, NE R+80
- Kensington, NH Even
- Harrisville, OH R+61
- Rexville, IN R+66
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- Lakeway, AR R+53
- Anceney, MT R+34
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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.