Brilliant is a Republican stronghold. About 9% of voters here vote Democratic and 91% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Brilliant typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Brilliant, ~5% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Brilliant compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Brilliant leans more Republican than 18 of 50 neighbors.
Brilliant runs about 51 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Brilliant 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 Brilliant, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 92% of residents in Brilliant drive to work alone, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high white share with below-average college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Brilliant fits that profile on both counts.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Brilliant, AL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Brilliant looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 81% of adults in Brilliant have completed high school, about 9 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Brilliant sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 20% of adults in Brilliant report food insecurity, above 81% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Gold Mine, AL R+86
- Piney Grove, AL R+84
- Twin, AL R+80
- Rock City, AL R+83
- Whitehouse, AL R+84
- Winfield, AL R+78
- Guin, AL R+76
- Gu-Win, AL R+78
- Glen Allen, AL R+84
- Natural Bridge, AL R+86
Cities with Similar Populations
- Tamarack, WI R+22
- Concord, AR R+69
- Belle Rive, IL R+69
- Siloam, NC R+65
- Flewellyn, TN R+65
- Boulder, WY R+58
- Pittsview, AL R+19
- Weiner, AR R+73
- Ryanville, WV R+34
- Cheyenne, OK R+84
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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.