Riceville is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Riceville typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Riceville, ~6% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Riceville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Riceville leans more Republican than 23 of 27 neighbors.
Riceville runs about 58 points more Republican than Mississippi as a whole.
Why Riceville 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 Riceville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 85% of residents in Riceville drive to work alone, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 84% of households in Riceville are family households, above 95% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Riceville, MS sits below the national average 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 Riceville looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 6% of homes in Riceville have more than one occupant per room, above 91% of cities. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Riceville sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Mc Henry, MS R+73
- Perkinston, MS R+79
- Howison, MS R+77
- Ten Mile, MS R+66
- Success, MS R+71
- Saucier, MS R+68
- Wiggins, MS R+42
- Whites Crossing, MS R+80
- Wortham, MS R+60
- Nugent, MS R+59
Cities with Similar Populations
- Kindrick, VA R+64
- Kingsley, KY D+49
- Dumont, MN R+54
- Rockport, KY R+64
- Old Fort, OH R+52
- Vidette, AL R+50
- Westway, TX R+62
- East Arlington, VT D+10
- Bushton, KS R+69
- Pahaska Tepee, WY R+58
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.