Cayuga is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Cayuga typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cayuga, ~8% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cayuga compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cayuga leans more Republican than 32 of 40 neighbors.
Cayuga runs about 61 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Cayuga 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 Cayuga, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 12% of adults in Cayuga hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points below the Texas average of 26%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 84% of households in Cayuga are family households, above 96% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Cayuga, TX sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Cayuga looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Cayuga is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 95% of adults in Cayuga have completed high school, above 80% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Round Prairie, TX R+39
- Crescent Heights, TX R+73
- Young, TX R+78
- Malakoff, TX R+48
- Winkler, TX R+72
- Massey Lake, TX R+13
Cities with Similar Populations
- Mendon, VT D+9
- Yarnell, AZ R+51
- Shell, SC R+56
- Nottawa, MI R+40
- Glen Wild, NY R+20
- Glen Osborne, PA D+16
- Dewittville, NY R+21
- Wises Landing, KY R+55
- Mount Marion, NY D+5
- Clinton, TX R+68
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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.