Ben Franklin is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 76% of adults in Ben Franklin typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ben Franklin, ~9% vote Democratic, ~67% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ben Franklin compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ben Franklin leans more Republican than 29 of 69 neighbors.
Ben Franklin runs about 61 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Ben Franklin 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 Ben Franklin, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 81% of households in Ben Franklin are family households, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Ben Franklin sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 89% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Ben Franklin, TX 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 Ben Franklin looks the way it does
Turnout in Ben Franklin sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. 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.