Boley Springs is a Republican stronghold. About 8% of voters here vote Democratic and 92% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Boley Springs typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Boley Springs, ~5% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Boley Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Boley Springs leans more Republican than 27 of 44 neighbors.
Boley Springs runs about 54 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Boley Springs. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+87) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+77), a spread of about 10 points.
Why Boley Springs 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 Boley Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Boley Springs, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Boley Springs sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 76% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Boley Springs, AL sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Boley Springs looks the way it does
Turnout in Boley Springs 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.
Nearby Cities
- Corona, AL R+84
- Patton, AL R+85
- Berry, AL R+82
- Windham Springs, AL R+80
- Oakman, AL R+83
- New Lexington, AL R+86
- Bankston, AL R+86
- Townley, AL R+88
- Parrish, AL R+72
- Maxine, AL R+88
Cities with Similar Populations
- Agra, KS R+79
- Alma, WV R+70
- Fairport, MI R+28
- Euren, WI R+41
- Hobarton, IA R+49
- Roubidoux, MO R+71
- Middleburg, MD R+44
- Cape May Point, NJ D+4
- Oaks, LA R+38
- Hemlock Grove, OH R+60
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.