Cape Canaveral, FL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Cape Canaveral

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

Cape Canaveral leans Republican by roughly 18 points: about 41% of voters vote Democratic and 59% Republican.

 

About 70% of adults in Cape Canaveral typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cape Canaveral, ~29% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Cape Canaveral compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Cape Canaveral leans more Republican than 2 of 17 neighbors.

Cape Canaveral runs about 5 points more Republican than Florida as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Cape Canaveral. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+40) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+8), a spread of about 32 points.

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

Cape Canaveral votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 60%, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 36%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Cape Canaveral, FL sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Cape Canaveral looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Cape Canaveral is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 63%, above 60% of cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Cape Canaveral have completed high school, above 85% of cities. 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 Florida Division of 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.