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State Senate District 46·Mississippi

Mississippi 46th State Senate District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 43 points.

One of Mississippi's most reliably Republican legislative districts

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MS
Latest
R+43
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
112,368
2024 ACS

Mississippi 46th State Senate District, Mississippi: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+43%. Democratic peak: D+85 in 1892.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+43MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
112,3682024 5-year
Median household income
$62,8082024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
71.0%2024 5-year
Black
16.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+85 in 1892MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+71 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 0 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−42.7%
12,62231,81444,938
R
−39.2%
13,23230,73944,711
R
−43.8%
10,00926,40137,453
R
−38.1%
11,19225,28736,995
R
−39.0%
10,90425,11636,451
R
−33.5%
12,35024,98437,674
R
−27.8%
10,80019,41631,018
R
−13.7%
10,19413,81726,506
R
−17.1%
9,42414,27128,274
R
−36.7%
8,28318,07926,658
R
−47.1%
6,55418,33024,994
R
−19.3%
8,66712,99722,385
R
−3.8%
9,0539,80119,505
R
−71.4%
2,24414,24316,794
O
−5.2%
2,3333,12415,228
R
−41.3%
3,1897,68310,872
D
+30.1%
4,9422,3518,619
D
+0.3%
3,2393,2216,758
D
+8.7%
3,8323,2177,049
O
+3.8%
4382804,114
D
+82.7%
3,5133323,845
D
+78.6%
3,2963953,693
D
+77.4%
2,5993192,945
D
+81.9%
2,6372502,915
D
+45.3%
2,4429203,362
D
+56.8%
1,4263551,884
D
+50.1%
703228948
D
+74.6%
9471291,096
D
+76.4%
76942951
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D
+61.2%
499117624
D
+75.1%
41853486
D
+84.8%
36614415
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.9%
American
10.3%
Irish
9.7%
German
9.2%
French
6.9%
Italian
4.5%
Scottish
1.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.0%
2.5%
75–84
3.1%
5.4%
65–74
6.3%
6.8%
55–64
7.3%
6.0%
45–54
6.4%
5.8%
35–44
6.4%
6.0%
25–34
6.6%
4.3%
18–24
3.7%
8.4%
5–17
7.9%
3.0%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$62,808
State Senate District 46 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 46$62,808
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.0%
Working age (18–64)14.5%
Seniors (65+)14.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.1%
speak English only
Spanish3.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.3%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
13.4%
Baptist
10.3%
Other Christian
6.4%
Methodist
4.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.1%
Mainline Protestant
1.4%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+37.6, District 46 sits firmly in Mississippi's Republican base, where statewide candidates routinely run well ahead of national averages in down-ballot races.

The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Mississippi 46th State Senate District, by a forty-one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-one points in 1972. The 2024 margin was forty-three points.

The political shift has tracked, in Mississippi 46th State Senate District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 71% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $62,808, and a 16% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 46, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 46, Mississippi voted Republican by 42.7 points (R+43), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 44,938 votes cast, 12,622 went Democratic and 31,814 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 46, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 46, Mississippi as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 15 times, and other 2 times.
When did State Senate District 46, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 46, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in State Senate District 46, Mississippi?
State Senate District 46, Mississippi has a population of 112,368 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 46, Mississippi?
Median household income in State Senate District 46, Mississippi is $62,808 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of State Senate District 46, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 46, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.