Boys Ranch is a Republican stronghold. About 8% of voters here vote Democratic and 92% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Boys Ranch typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Boys Ranch, ~5% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Boys Ranch compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Boys Ranch leans more Republican than 6 of 7 neighbors.
Boys Ranch runs about 70 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Boys Ranch 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 Boys Ranch, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 1% of residents in Boys Ranch live in densely developed areas, about 33 points below the Texas average of 35%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Boys Ranch are family households, above 91% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Boys Ranch, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Boys Ranch looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Boys Ranch is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Masterson, TX R+70
- Channing, TX R+87
- Four Way, TX R+73
- Wildorado, TX R+77
- Bishop Hills, TX R+76
- Vega, TX R+72
- Bushland, TX R+80
- Etter, TX R+65
- Amarillo, TX R+31
- Dumas, TX R+33
Cities with Similar Populations
- Calcasieu, LA R+84
- New Effington, SD R+47
- Patten, GA R+57
- New Garden, OH R+57
- New Canton, TN R+66
- Parkertown, OH R+45
- Paul Smiths, NY D+20
- Redford, NY R+28
- Eureka, WI R+41
- Eden Mills, VT R+29
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.