79236 is a Republican stronghold. About 7% of voters here vote Democratic and 93% Republican.
About 63% of adults in 79236 typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in 79236, ~4% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How 79236 compares
79236 runs about 72 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why 79236 leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per zip code to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for 79236, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 88% of households in 79236 are family households, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and 79236 sits in the bottom quarter on density (fewer than 1%, in the bottom fraction of zip codes).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; 79236, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in 79236 looks the way it does
Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and 79236 sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.