Balmorhea leans heavily Republican by roughly 50 points: about 25% of voters vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Balmorhea typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Balmorhea, ~16% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Balmorhea compares
Balmorhea sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable cities nearby.
Balmorhea runs about 36 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Balmorhea leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Balmorhea, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 87% of households in Balmorhea are family households, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Balmorhea sits in the bottom quarter (about 13%, below 86% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Balmorhea, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Balmorhea looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Balmorhea 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 42%, about 12 points below the Texas average of 54%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Fort Davis, TX R+51
- Toyahvale, TX R+51
- Pecos, TX R+27
- Barstow, TX R+31
- Alpine, TX R+7
- Coyanosa, TX R+52
- Marfa, TX Even
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lowry, VA R+42
- Twin Rivers, NJ D+17
- Toquin, MI R+23
- Stagecoach, TX R+61
- Perry Addition, OH R+62
- Mahoney, TX R+71
- Price, ND R+67
- Rockford, ID R+72
- East Windsor, NJ D+23
- Tennala, AL R+74
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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.