Richey, MS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Richey

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

Richey leans slightly Democratic by roughly 8 points: about 54% of voters vote Democratic and 46% Republican.

 

About 56% of adults in Richey typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Richey, ~30% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Richey compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Richey leans more Democratic than 21 of 33 neighbors.

Richey runs about 31 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Richey is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Richey. The east side runs the most Democratic (D+19) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+9), a spread of about 28 points.

Why Richey 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 Richey, 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 Richey are Black or African American, about 30 points above the Mississippi average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 42% of adults in Richey have never been married, above 95% of cities. Richey 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; Richey, 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 Richey looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Richey 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 6%, about 54 points below the U.S. average of 60%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 37% of adults in Richey report food insecurity, above 98% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 65% of adults in Richey have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. 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.