Meridian · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
98.3%
18,636 votes · D+96.6
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 96.8%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
90.8%
33,383 votes · R+83.9
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 77.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
35,779votes
43.7% of the vote · R+11.9
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 34,941 votes
Republican
John McCain2008
47,488votes
57.3% of the vote · R+15.1
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 46,635 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Alton B. Parker1904
+109.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+89.8 · U.S. R+19.7
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +107.7 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+106.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+83.9 · U.S. D+22.6
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +34.6 pts
U.S. House elections · 3 House
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U.S. House
On a multi-state Place, each row sums votes cast in the separate U.S. House races held inside the Place that year. It is a geographic vote total, not one contest or a seat tally.
Meridian · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Meridian, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Meridian
Year
Total registered
2016 (partial)
107,003
2018
121,876
2020
122,753
2022
117,306
2024
119,340
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−435 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −17,460 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Meridian in Meridian: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−950
2012
−962
2013
−756
2014
−1,444
2015
−1,807
2016
−1,844
2017
−1,592
2018
−2,302
2019
−1,991
2021
−893
2022
−1,014
2023
−770
2024
−700
2025
−435
The Meridian market spans five east-Mississippi counties and two in west Alabama. It voted Democratic in 1960 (D+17.3) and Republican by R+23.5 in 2024. The market is 38.1% Black or African American (2024 ACS 5-year); Evangelical Protestant is the largest religious tradition (44.5%, 2020 US Religion Census).
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 96.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 83.9 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 6.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.5 points.
A population of 169,830, a 52% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,745 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Albany, GA and Monroe-El Dorado.
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In 2024, Meridian, Mississippi voted Republican by 23.5 points (R+23.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 71,211 votes cast, 26,953 went Democratic and 43,711 went Republican.
When did Meridian, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Meridian, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Meridian, Mississippi?
Meridian, Mississippi has a population of 169,830 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Meridian, Mississippi?
Median household income in Meridian, Mississippi is $49,745 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Meridian, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Meridian, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
