Brunswick is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 53% of adults in Brunswick typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Brunswick, ~9% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~47% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Brunswick compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Brunswick leans more Republican than 15 of 34 neighbors.
Brunswick runs about 51 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Brunswick. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+71) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+51), a spread of about 20 points.
Why Brunswick 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 Brunswick, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 5% of residents in Brunswick live in densely developed areas, about 30 points below the Texas average of 35%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Brunswick, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Brunswick looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Brunswick 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 48%, about 5 points below the Texas average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 32% of households in Brunswick rent, above 87% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 81% of adults in Brunswick have completed high school, below 89% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Redlawn, TX R+51
- Wells, TX R+74
- Alto, TX R+48
- Linwood, TX R+40
- Weeping Mary, TX R+54
- Tadmor, TX R+60
- Weches, TX R+81
- Douglass, TX R+71
- Ratcliff, TX R+52
- Pollok, TX R+77
Cities with Similar Populations
- Castleford, ID R+71
- Stephens, GA R+58
- Salem Center, IN R+56
- Hester Heights, AL R+75
- Bruno, MN R+33
- Sherry, WI R+47
- Lanton, MO R+70
- Browder, KY R+59
- Stilson, GA R+59
- Ferenbaugh, NY R+34
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.