Slate Spring is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Slate Spring typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Slate Spring, ~12% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Slate Spring compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Slate Spring leans more Republican than 31 of 46 neighbors.
Slate Spring runs about 44 points more Republican than Mississippi as a whole.
Why Slate Spring 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 Slate Spring, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 80% of households in Slate Spring are family households, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Slate Spring sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 81% of cities). Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Slate Spring sits in the bottom quarter (about 14%, below 80% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Slate Spring, MS sits in the bottom quarter nationally 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 Slate Spring looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Slate Spring 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%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Slate Springs, MS R+70
- Calhoun City, MS R+19
- Big Creek, MS R+52
- Sabougla, MS R+53
- Derma, MS D+8
- Bellefontaine, MS R+73
- Gore Springs, MS R+54
- Hohenlinden, MS R+68
- Shepherd, MS R+16
- Fame, MS R+87
Cities with Similar Populations
- Scandia, PA R+50
- Bostwick, FL R+72
- Harborside, ME D+23
- Mortonsville, KY R+39
- Redmesa, CO R+27
- Fire Island, NY D+6
- Freeman, IA R+38
- Grove, ME R+30
- Kathryn, ND R+53
- Westville, MI R+47
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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.