Brady Gardens leans heavily Democratic by roughly 34 points: about 67% of voters vote Democratic and 33% Republican.
About 34% of adults in Brady Gardens typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Brady Gardens, ~23% vote Democratic, ~11% Republican, and ~66% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Brady Gardens compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Brady Gardens leans more Democratic than 14 of 36 neighbors.
Brady Gardens runs about 48 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Brady Gardens is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Brady Gardens leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Brady Gardens, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Brady Gardens live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. Brady Gardens runs against the grain of Texas, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Brady Gardens, San Antonio, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Brady Gardens looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Brady Gardens 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 36%, about 17 points below the Texas average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 66% of adults in Brady Gardens have completed high school, below 97% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Brady Gardens sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Collins Gardens, San Antonio, TX D+36
- Palm Heights, San Antonio, TX D+33
- Greater Gardendale, San Antonio, TX D+29
- Avenida Guadalupe, San Antonio, TX D+37
- Thompson Community, San Antonio, TX D+33
- Las Palmas, San Antonio, TX D+35
- Lone Star, San Antonio, TX D+36
- Prospect Hill, San Antonio, TX D+39
- Columbia Heights, San Antonio, TX D+33
- Cattleman Square, San Antonio, TX D+35
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Molholm Two Creeks, Edgewater, CO D+40
- Westhill, Mobile, AL R+7
- Olympic West, Longview, WA R+5
- Peacock, Oceanside, CA D+10
- Spivak, Edgewater, CO D+40
- Rain Tree, Charlotte, NC D+3
- Masonicus, Mahwah, NJ D+3
- East Terrell Hills, San Antonio, TX D+14
- Brightwood, Springfield, MA D+34
- Mead, Wichita, KS D+16
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.