Center leans heavily Republican by roughly 30 points: about 35% of voters vote Democratic and 65% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Center typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Center, ~21% vote Democratic, ~40% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Center compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Center leans more Republican than 1 of 41 neighbors.
Center runs about 17 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Center. The east side runs the most Democratic (D+17) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+84), a spread of about 102 points.
Why Center 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 Center, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 85% of residents in Center drive to work alone, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Center sits in the bottom quarter (about 15%, below 78% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Center are family households, above 76% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Center, 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 Center looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Center 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 46%, about 8 points below the Texas average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 34% of households in Center rent, compared to around 16% in nearby cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 87% of adults in Center have completed high school, below 74% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Short, TX R+68
- Arcadia, TX R+73
- James, TX R+78
- Choice, TX R+82
- Neuville, TX R+82
- Tenaha, TX R+56
- Shelbyville, TX R+63
- Meldrum, TX R+50
- Silas, TX R+67
- Campti, TX R+75
Cities with Similar Populations
- Rayville, LA R+19
- Landrum, SC R+52
- Nekoosa, WI R+26
- Great Mills, MD D+16
- Seven Points, TX R+72
- Mount Vernon, KY R+69
- Fowler, CA R+13
- West Livingston, TX R+31
- Cumberland Hill, RI Even
- Wilmington Manor, DE D+31
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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.