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

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

Stanton is a true toss-up. About 51% of voters here vote Democratic and 49% Republican.

 

About 60% of adults in Stanton typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Stanton, ~30% vote Democratic, ~29% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Stanton compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Stanton sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 28 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 17 leaning the other way.

Stanton runs about 25 points more Democratic than Mississippi as a whole. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Stanton sits closer to the political middle.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Stanton. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+36) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+14), a spread of about 50 points.

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

Stanton votes against the grain of Mississippi. Mississippi leans Republican overall, while Stanton runs about 25 points more Democratic.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Stanton, 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 Stanton looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Stanton 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 5%, about 55 points below the U.S. average of 60%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 41% of adults in Stanton report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 69% of adults in Stanton have completed high school, below 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.