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State Senate District 52·Mississippi

Mississippi 52nd State Senate District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 40 points.

A reliably Republican district anchored in Mississippi's interior.

18762024·38 elections
MS
Latest
R+40
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
16,145
2024 ACS

Mississippi 52nd State Senate District, Mississippi: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+40%. Democratic peak: D+86 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+40MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
16,1452024 5-year
Median household income
$66,2012024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
67.2%2024 5-year
Black
19.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+86 in 1892MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+79 in 1972MIT Election Lab
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−39.8%
1,7194,0435,835
R
−34.7%
1,9314,0346,063
R
−38.3%
1,6293,7385,510
R
−34.4%
1,9233,9735,964
R
−33.6%
1,9764,0016,035
R
−38.3%
1,7313,9055,677
R
−35.2%
1,5783,3425,014
R
−27.2%
1,5112,7704,627
R
−27.4%
1,4472,8154,994
R
−48.3%
1,1483,3164,487
R
−53.9%
9803,2884,283
R
−28.6%
1,3592,5013,997
R
−14.9%
1,3931,9093,455
R
−78.5%
2822,4682,783
O
−3.4%
2493272,272
R
−65.4%
2641,2621,526
D
+29.8%
5562521,020
D
+17.3%
432299768
D
+31.3%
461241702
O
+14.8%
8726413
D
+84.9%
29324317
D
+84.8%
23619256
D
+86.3%
18913204
D
+85.3%
18214197
D
+37.9%
14063203
D
+72.3%
11218130
D
+65.4%
641378
D
+76.8%
831095
D
+80.9%
57268
No data
No data
D
+43.9%
471866
D
+54.5%
8020110
D
+85.7%
50256
No data
No data
No data
No data

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.1%
American
10.3%
German
9.4%
Irish
9.1%
French
3.4%
Scottish
2.8%
Italian
2.5%
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.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.2%
speak English only
Spanish4.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
19.3%
Other Christian
11.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.6%
Methodist
5.3%
Mainline Protestant
1.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 22 points, District 52 ranks among Mississippi's more firmly Republican state senate seats, reflecting the broader rightward lean of rural interior counties that dominate its geography.

The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Mississippi 52nd State Senate District, by a sixty-five points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-nine points in 1972. The 2024 margin was forty points.

The political shift has tracked, in Mississippi 52nd State Senate District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 67% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $66,201, and a 14% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 52, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 52, Mississippi voted Republican by 39.8 points (R+40), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,835 votes cast, 1,719 went Democratic and 4,043 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 52, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 52, 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 52, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 52, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in State Senate District 52, Mississippi?
State Senate District 52, Mississippi has a population of 16,145 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 52, Mississippi?
Median household income in State Senate District 52, Mississippi is $66,201 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of State Senate District 52, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 52, 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.