Sumrall is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 69% of adults in Sumrall typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sumrall, ~10% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~31% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sumrall compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sumrall leans more Republican than 33 of 43 neighbors.
Sumrall runs about 50 points more Republican than Mississippi as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Sumrall. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+78) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+59), a spread of about 19 points.
Why Sumrall 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 Sumrall, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Sumrall are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Sumrall, MS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Sumrall looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 90% of households in Sumrall own their home, about 13 points above the Mississippi average of 77%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Oloh, MS R+74
- Improve, MS R+44
- Lux, MS R+35
- Sanford, MS R+83
- Maybank, MS R+50
- Bassfield, MS R+14
- Hattiesburg, MS D+6
- Seminary, MS R+81
- Purvis, MS R+59
- Gandsi, MS R+85
Cities with Similar Populations
- House Springs, MO R+45
- Crozet, VA D+16
- Salem, UT R+60
- Lusby, MD R+9
- Clayton, DE R+15
- Payette, ID R+53
- Terrace Heights, WA R+23
- Moscow Mills, MO R+48
- Granite Falls, WA R+17
- Wellington, OH R+37
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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.