Caney City is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Caney City typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Caney City, ~12% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Caney City compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Caney City leans more Republican than 12 of 50 neighbors.
Caney City runs about 50 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Caney City 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 Caney City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Caney City votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 31%, about 6 points below the U.S. average of 36%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Caney City, TX 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 Caney City looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 90% of households in Caney City own their home, about 15 points above the Texas average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Log Cabin, TX R+63
- Star Harbor, TX R+66
- Malakoff, TX R+48
- Trinidad, TX R+66
- Enchanted Oaks, TX R+65
- Payne Springs, TX R+66
- Crescent Heights, TX R+73
- Eustace, TX R+78
- Mabank, TX R+65
- Stockard, TX R+77
Cities with Similar Populations
- Old Frame, PA R+56
- Coulters, PA R+37
- Redland, AR R+27
- West Springfield, NH R+11
- Bumbletown, MI R+7
- Lucerne, WA R+13
- York, WI R+35
- Lebam, WA R+28
- Ninole, HI D+15
- Brinsmade, ND R+47
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.