Sandy Hook, MS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Sandy Hook

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

Sandy Hook is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.

 

About 69% of adults in Sandy Hook typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sandy Hook, ~15% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~31% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Sandy Hook compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Sandy Hook leans more Republican than 19 of 34 neighbors.

Sandy Hook runs about 32 points more Republican than Mississippi as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Sandy Hook. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+62) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+49), a spread of about 13 points.

Why Sandy Hook 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 Sandy Hook, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 8% of adults in Sandy Hook hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Mississippi average of 19%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Sandy Hook are family households, above 86% of cities.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Sandy Hook, MS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Sandy Hook looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Sandy Hook 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 9%, about 51 points below the U.S. average of 60%. 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.