Wayside is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Wayside typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wayside, ~7% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wayside compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wayside leans more Republican than 56 of 57 neighbors.
Wayside runs about 52 points more Republican than Mississippi as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Wayside. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+75) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+35), a spread of about 40 points.
Why Wayside 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 Wayside, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Wayside are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Wayside, MS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Wayside looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Wayside 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 10%, about 50 points below the U.S. average of 60%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 22% of adults in Wayside report food insecurity, above 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Avon, MS R+75
- Winterville, MS R+48
- James, MS R+73
- Swiftwater, MS R+18
- McCutcheon, MS D+9
- Refuge, MS R+34
- Arcola, MS D+44
- Estill, MS R+5
- Greenville, MS D+57
Cities with Similar Populations
- Elizaville, IN R+53
- Froid, MT R+62
- Vicksville, VA R+41
- Summit, SC R+65
- Shiloh, SC D+27
- Elmwood, NH R+9
- Wildorado, TX R+77
- Hettick, IL R+60
- Plano, SD R+65
- Forest Junction, WI R+50
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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.