Barnett Crossroads is a Republican stronghold. About 7% of voters here vote Democratic and 93% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Barnett Crossroads typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Barnett Crossroads, ~4% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Barnett Crossroads compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Barnett Crossroads leans more Republican than 51 of 53 neighbors.
Barnett Crossroads runs about 56 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Barnett Crossroads. The north side is the most Republican-leaning (R+94) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+75), a spread of about 19 points.
Why Barnett Crossroads 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 Barnett Crossroads, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 93% of residents in Barnett Crossroads drive to work alone, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Barnett Crossroads are family households, above 75% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Barnett Crossroads, AL sits in the bottom quarter 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 Barnett Crossroads looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Barnett Crossroads 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 47%, about 7 points below the Alabama average of 54%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Huxford, AL R+83
- Wallace, AL R+82
- Little Rock, AL R+56
- Range, AL R+74
- Megargel, AL R+68
- McCullough, AL R+47
- Robinsonville, AL R+23
- Sardine, AL R+83
- Canoe, AL R+34
Cities with Similar Populations
- Woodston, KS R+76
- Miltonsburg, OH R+68
- Saratoga, IL R+50
- Berwick, IL R+45
- Nardin, OK R+67
- Mier, IN R+58
- Gray, IA R+57
- Buena Vista, IN R+65
- High Point, MO R+64
- Onaway, ID R+52
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Alabama Secretary of State, Elections, 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.