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

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

Thompson is a Republican stronghold. About 23% of voters here vote Democratic and 77% Republican.

 

About 77% of adults in Thompson typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Thompson, ~18% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Thompson compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Thompson leans more Republican than 21 of 37 neighbors.

Thompson runs about 31 points more Republican than Mississippi as a whole.

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

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 87% of residents in Thompson drive to work alone, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 74%.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Thompson, 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 Thompson looks the way it does

Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Thompson sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. 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.