Brookwood, Mobile, AL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Brookwood

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Brookwood leans heavily Democratic by roughly 36 points: about 68% of voters vote Democratic and 32% Republican.

 

About 58% of adults in Brookwood typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Brookwood, ~39% vote Democratic, ~19% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Brookwood compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Brookwood leans more Democratic than 12 of 18 neighbors.

Brookwood runs about 66 points more Democratic than Alabama as a whole. Alabama leans Republican overall, while Brookwood is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Brookwood. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+55) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (Even), a spread of about 55 points.

Why Brookwood 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 Brookwood, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Brookwood votes against the grain of Alabama. Alabama leans Republican overall, while Brookwood runs about 66 points more Democratic.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Brookwood, Mobile, AL 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 Brookwood looks the way it does

Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 29% of adults in Brookwood report food insecurity, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 86% of adults in Brookwood have completed high school, below 73% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.