Mississippi 6th State House District, Mississippi: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+24%. Democratic peak: D+99 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 21,7842024 5-year
- Median household income
- $85,2972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 32.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73 in 1964MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,305 | 5,473 | 9,025 | ||
| R | 3,219 | 5,291 | 8,668 | ||
| R | 2,345 | 4,907 | 7,533 | ||
| R | 2,457 | 4,960 | 7,492 | ||
| R | 2,235 | 5,036 | 7,325 | ||
| R | 1,547 | 4,134 | 5,718 | ||
| R | 1,092 | 2,833 | 3,978 | ||
| R | 1,171 | 2,065 | 3,858 | ||
| R | 1,006 | 1,834 | 3,140 | ||
| R | 620 | 1,672 | 2,306 | ||
| R | 498 | 1,432 | 1,938 | ||
| R | 722 | 1,099 | 1,870 | ||
| D | 883 | 711 | 1,630 | ||
| R | 177 | 902 | 1,115 | ||
| O | 216 | 124 | 949 | ||
| R | 52 | 333 | 386 | ||
| D | 91 | 63 | 237 | ||
| D | 141 | 45 | 210 | ||
| D | 147 | 86 | 233 | ||
| O | 16 | 2 | 165 | ||
| D | 178 | 14 | 192 | ||
| D | 170 | 5 | 175 | ||
| D | 153 | 1 | 154 | ||
| D | 159 | 1 | 161 | ||
| D | 155 | 7 | 162 | ||
| D | 121 | 2 | 123 | ||
| D | 93 | 3 | 96 | ||
| D | 98 | 1 | 100 | ||
| D | 62 | 1 | 66 | ||
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| D | 84 | 6 | 90 | ||
| D | 101 | 7 | 110 | ||
| D | 54 | 2 | 70 | ||
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Demographics
Mississippi 6th State House District sits in the Deep South. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 1 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Mississippi 6th State House District peaked at ninety-nine points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $85,297 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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State House District 6, Mississippi. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/28006/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.