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

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

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

 

About 54% of adults in Rodney typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rodney, ~43% vote Democratic, ~11% Republican, and ~46% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Rodney compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Rodney leans more Democratic than 30 of 41 neighbors.

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

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Rodney. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (D+80) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (Even), a spread of about 81 points.

Why Rodney 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 Rodney, 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 74% of residents in Rodney are Black or African American, about 38 points above the Mississippi average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 65% of adults in Rodney have never been married, in the top fraction of cities. Rodney runs against the grain of Mississippi, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Rodney, 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 Rodney looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Rodney 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 60% of households in Rodney rent, compared to around 28% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 38% of adults in Rodney report food insecurity, above 98% 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.