Slate Springs is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 77% of adults in Slate Springs typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Slate Springs, ~12% vote Democratic, ~65% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Slate Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Slate Springs leans more Republican than 34 of 44 neighbors.
Slate Springs runs about 48 points more Republican than Mississippi as a whole.
Why Slate Springs 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 Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 5% of residents in Slate Springs live in densely developed areas, about 10 points below the Mississippi average of 15%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Slate Springs are family households, above 83% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Slate Springs, 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 Springs looks the way it does
Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Slate Springs sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Slate Spring, MS R+67
- Bellefontaine, MS R+73
- Calhoun City, MS R+19
- Sabougla, MS R+53
- Fame, MS R+87
- Walthall, MS R+73
- Derma, MS D+8
- Hohenlinden, MS R+68
- Big Creek, MS R+52
- Eupora, MS R+31
Cities with Similar Populations
- Talleyrand, IA R+50
- Hawk Springs, WY R+80
- Folk, MO R+75
- Tilleda, WI D+5
- Lake McMurray, WA R+5
- Harperville, MS D+17
- Teaberry, WV R+54
- Rockwood, AL R+81
- Winona, WV R+62
- Roosevelt, TX R+71
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.