Buckhorn is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Buckhorn typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Buckhorn, ~8% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Buckhorn compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Buckhorn leans more Republican than 21 of 30 neighbors.
Buckhorn runs about 60 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Buckhorn 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 Buckhorn, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 7% of adults in Buckhorn hold a bachelor's degree, about 19 points below the Texas average of 26%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Buckhorn sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 76% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Buckhorn are family households, above 90% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Buckhorn, 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 Buckhorn looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Buckhorn 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 45%, about 8 points below the Texas average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Buckhorn have completed high school, below 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.