Cedar Crest is a Democratic stronghold. About 84% of voters here vote Democratic and 16% Republican.
About 34% of adults in Cedar Crest typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cedar Crest, ~29% vote Democratic, ~5% Republican, and ~66% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cedar Crest compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Cedar Crest leans more Democratic than 5 of 7 neighbors.
Cedar Crest runs about 82 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Cedar Crest is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Cedar Crest. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+75) and the west side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+52), a spread of about 23 points.
Why Cedar Crest leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Cedar Crest, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Cedar Crest votes against the grain of Texas. Texas leans Republican overall, while Cedar Crest runs about 82 points more Democratic.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Cedar Crest, Dallas, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Cedar Crest looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Cedar Crest 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 38%, about 16 points below the Texas average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 66% of adults in Cedar Crest have completed high school, below 96% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Cedar Crest sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Five Mile Creek, Dallas, TX D+54
- South Dallas Fair Park, Dallas, TX D+76
- Oak Cliff, Dallas, TX D+38
- South Boulevard Park Row, Dallas, TX D+68
- Farmers Market District, Dallas, TX D+51
- Wolf Creek, Dallas, TX D+72
- West End Historic District, Dallas, TX D+33
- Near East, Dallas, TX D+24
- Winnetka Heights, Dallas, TX D+36
- Southwest Dallas, Dallas, TX D+45
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Westchase, Houston, TX D+21
- Meyerland, Houston, TX D+29
- West Central, Mesa, AZ D+17
- Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY D+59
- Greater Heights, Houston, TX D+24
- Hamilton Heights, Manhattan, NY D+63
- Far North Dallas-Keller, Keller, TX R+16
- Chelsea, Manhattan, NY D+65
- Rancho Penasquitos, San Diego, CA D+21
- Roxbury, Boston, MA D+65
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.