The 10 Most Conservative Cities In Mississippi For 2023


The most conservative cities in Mississippi are Leakesville and New Albany for 2023 based on Saturday Night Science.

By: Nick Johnson | About HomeSnacks
Last Updated: November 3, 2023

Now that we’re headed towards the next big election, we wanted to get a better sense of what parts of Mississippi would be the most likely to back Donald Trump again.

Specifically, which cities have the highest number of conservative voters in the Magnolia State?

To do so, we used Saturday Night Science to measure how each city in Mississippi with populations greater than 5,000 voted in past elections. The cities with the highest percentage of voters who voted Republican were named the most conservative cities in the state.

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The 10 most conservative places in Mississippi for 2023

  1. Leakesville
  2. New Albany
  3. Picayune
  4. Corinth
  5. Pontotoc
  6. Ripley
  7. Booneville
  8. Bay St. Louis
  9. Diamondhead
  10. Waveland

If you’re wondering, Byram is the most liberal city in Mississippi of all those we measured.

And to be clear, we didn’t form this list based on our own biases — we relied on the cold hard data. For more on how we ran the numbers, keep on reading. Then we’ll take a closer look at each of our top 10 most conservative cities in Mississippi.

Additional reading about Mississippi and the most conservative places in the country:

The 10 Most Conservative Places In Mississippi For 2023

1. Leakesville

Percent Republican: 82.5%
More on Leakesville: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

2. New Albany

New Albany, MS

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 81.8%
More on New Albany: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

3. Picayune

Picayune, MS

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 81.5%
More on Picayune: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

4. Corinth

Corinth, MS

Source: Wikipedia User Ron Cogswell | CC BY 2.0

Percent Republican: 81.2%
More on Corinth: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

5. Pontotoc

Pontotoc, MS

Source: Wikipedia User Michaelswikiusername at English Wikipedia | CC BY 3.0

Percent Republican: 80.4%
More on Pontotoc: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

6. Ripley

Ripley, MS

Source: Wikipedia User Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD | CC BY-SA 4.0

Percent Republican: 79.7%
More on Ripley: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

7. Booneville

Booneville, MS

Source: Wikipedia User Brian Stansberry | CC BY 4.0

Percent Republican: 78.6%
More on Booneville: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

8. Bay St. Louis

Bay St. Louis, MS

Source: Wikipedia User Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA | CC BY 2.0

Percent Republican: 77.0%
More on Bay St. Louis: Data | Crime | Real Estate

9. Diamondhead

Diamondhead, MS

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 77.0%
More on Diamondhead: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

10. Waveland

Waveland, MS

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 77.0%
More on Waveland: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

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How we determined the most conservative cities in Mississippi for 2023

To find the most conservative places in Mississippi, we used Saturday Night Science – the argument you’d make at a bar – to find the cities with the most conservatives.

We started by making a list of every city in Mississippi over 5,000 people based on the 2017-2021 American Community Survey. That left us with 63 cities and towns.

We then measured the voting record and MIT election data to determine which places rock the most rightward in their allegiances by:

  1. Percentage Of Votes For The Republican President In 2020

Because no voting data exists at the city level, we used county-level election results from the 2020 election. We assigned every city in a county the percentage of votes that went to the Republicans, effectively extending the county’s results to the city level. In cases where larger cities encompassed an entire county, the election outcomes accurately reflected the city’s political landscape.

Next, we ranked each city from 1 to 63 for each criterion, where number one was the most conservative.

The winner, Leakesville, is “The Most Conservative City in Mississippi For 2023”. The most liberal place in Mississippi was Byram.

We updated this article for 2023. This report is our tenth time ranking the most conservative places to live in Mississippi.

Summing Up The Conservative Strongholds in Mississippi

Well, there you have it, the places in Mississippi that have the highest number of conservatives per capita, with Leakesville ranking as the most conservative in the entire state.

If you’re curious, here are the least conservative cities in Mississippi:

  1. Byram
  2. Clinton
  3. Clarksdale

For more Mississippi reading, check out:

Most Conservative Places In Mississippi

Rank City Population % Conservative
1 Leakesville, MS 5,598 82.5%
2 New Albany, MS 7,657 81.8%
3 Picayune, MS 11,777 81.5%
4 Corinth, MS 14,545 81.2%
5 Pontotoc, MS 5,621 80.4%
6 Ripley, MS 5,412 79.7%
7 Booneville, MS 8,702 78.6%
8 Bay St. Louis, MS 9,568 77.0%
9 Diamondhead, MS 9,417 77.0%
10 Waveland, MS 7,063 77.0%
11 Hattiesburg, MS 47,074 72.7%
12 Richland, MS 7,126 72.0%
13 Pearl, MS 27,017 72.0%
14 Jackson, MS 156,803 72.0%
15 Brandon, MS 24,887 72.0%
16 Flowood, MS 10,019 72.0%
17 Philadelphia, MS 7,107 71.1%
18 Laurel, MS 17,375 70.5%
19 Brookhaven, MS 11,855 69.0%
20 Columbia, MS 5,998 67.9%
21 Pascagoula, MS 22,001 66.5%
22 Ocean Springs, MS 18,275 66.5%
23 Moss Point, MS 12,282 66.5%
24 Gautier, MS 18,932 66.5%
25 Senatobia, MS 8,075 66.5%
26 Tupelo, MS 37,872 65.5%
27 Amory, MS 6,665 64.8%
28 Long Beach, MS 16,654 61.8%
29 D’iberville, MS 12,736 61.8%
30 Pass Christian, MS 5,655 61.8%
31 Gulfport, MS 72,468 61.8%
32 Biloxi, MS 49,061 61.8%
33 Southaven, MS 54,141 61.0%
34 Olive Branch, MS 39,136 61.0%
35 Horn Lake, MS 26,623 61.0%
36 Hernando, MS 16,730 61.0%
37 Kosciusko, MS 7,128 58.7%
38 Forest, MS 5,464 58.6%
39 Meridian, MS 35,625 57.5%
40 Carthage, MS 5,622 56.8%
41 Grenada, MS 12,675 55.7%
42 Louisville, MS 6,108 55.3%
43 Ridgeland, MS 24,330 55.3%
44 Madison, MS 27,459 55.3%
45 Canton, MS 10,955 55.3%
46 Oxford, MS 25,859 55.3%
47 Petal, MS 11,342 54.6%
48 Batesville, MS 7,404 51.6%
49 Columbus, MS 23,858 50.7%
50 Vicksburg, MS 21,748 49.2%
51 Mccomb, MS 12,400 48.9%
52 Holly Springs, MS 6,743 47.8%
53 Yazoo City, MS 10,887 46.3%
54 Starkville, MS 24,578 45.6%
55 Natchez, MS 14,435 41.4%
56 West Point, MS 10,148 41.0%
57 Cleveland, MS 11,285 34.0%
58 Greenville, MS 30,175 29.4%
59 Indianola, MS 9,679 28.9%
60 Greenwood, MS 14,521 28.7%
61 Clarksdale, MS 15,124 27.9%
62 Clinton, MS 27,830 25.1%
63 Byram, MS 12,591 25.1%
About Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

Nick's the creator of the HomeSnacks YouTube channel that now has over 260,000 subscribers and is an excellent source to learn about different parts of the country.

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