Arena District leans heavily Democratic by roughly 44 points: about 72% of voters vote Democratic and 28% Republican.
About 32% of adults in Arena District typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Arena District, ~23% vote Democratic, ~9% Republican, and ~68% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Arena District compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Arena District leans more Democratic than 22 of 25 neighbors.
Arena District runs about 58 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Arena District is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Arena District leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Arena District, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Arena District live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. Arena District runs against the grain of Texas, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Arena District, San Antonio, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Arena District looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Arena District is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 39%, about 15 points below the Texas average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 73% of adults in Arena District have completed high school, below 93% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Arena District sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Jefferson Heights, San Antonio, TX D+49
- Denver Heights, San Antonio, TX D+41
- Harvard Place-Eastlawn, San Antonio, TX D+52
- Sunny Slope, San Antonio, TX D+35
- Dignowity Hill, San Antonio, TX D+42
- Highland Park, San Antonio, TX D+34
- Government Hill Alliance, San Antonio, TX D+42
- Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio, TX D+36
- Riverside South, San Antonio, TX D+34
- Lone Star, San Antonio, TX D+36
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- South Side, Sandusky, OH D+20
- West Downtown Dearborn, Dearborn, MI D+8
- West del Paso Heights, Sacramento, CA D+31
- Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride, Kansas City, MO D+67
- Dahlman, Omaha, NE D+38
- Pearl-Meigs-Monroe, Rochester, NY D+61
- Overlook Park, Allentown, PA D+26
- Overbrook, Pittsburgh, PA D+4
- Meadow Park, Rochester, MN D+13
- Mills Estates, Burlingame, CA D+43
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.