Canyon is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Canyon typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Canyon, ~16% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Canyon compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Canyon leans more Republican than 1 of 13 neighbors.
Canyon runs about 38 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Canyon. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+71) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+31), a spread of about 40 points.
Why Canyon 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 Canyon, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Canyon votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 54%, well above the Texas average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Canyon, TX sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Canyon looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Canyon have completed high school, about 10 points above the Texas average of 86%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Timbercreek Canyon, TX R+73
- Palisades, TX R+74
- Ogg, TX R+80
- Umbarger, TX R+81
- Lake Tanglewood, TX R+72
- Amarillo, TX R+31
- Bushland, TX R+80
- Bishop Hills, TX R+76
- Happy, TX R+79
- Dawn, TX R+55
Cities with Similar Populations
- Broadview Heights, OH R+6
- Secaucus, NJ D+8
- Burlington, WI R+18
- Inglewood-Finn Hill, WA D+44
- Essex, VT D+24
- Birmingham, MI D+21
- Wendell, NC D+3
- Deerfield, IL D+45
- West Puente Valley, CA D+30
- Salem, OH R+39
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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.