Cochrane leans heavily Democratic by roughly 30 points: about 65% of voters vote Democratic and 35% Republican.
About 52% of adults in Cochrane typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cochrane, ~34% vote Democratic, ~18% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cochrane compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cochrane leans more Democratic than 21 of 43 neighbors.
Cochrane runs about 61 points more Democratic than Alabama as a whole. Alabama leans Republican overall, while Cochrane is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Cochrane. The southeast side runs the most Democratic (D+56) and the northwest side runs the most Republican (R+25), a spread of about 81 points.
Why Cochrane 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 Cochrane, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural, majority-Black areas of the Southern Black Belt vote Democratic, against the usual rural pattern. About 69% of residents in Cochrane are Black or African American, about 45 points above the Alabama average of 24%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 32% of adults in Cochrane have never been married, above 81% of cities. Cochrane runs against the grain of Alabama, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Cochrane, AL sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Cochrane looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Cochrane 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 Alabama average of 54%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 42% of adults in Cochrane report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Cochrane sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Aliceville, AL D+23
- McMullen, AL D+56
- Warsaw, AL D+40
- Memphis, AL D+9
- Garden, AL D+2
- Cunningham, AL D+16
- Sapps, AL D+13
- Lewiston, AL D+32
- Panola, AL D+47
Cities with Similar Populations
- Nottinghill, MO R+65
- North Rim, AZ D+3
- North Concord, VT R+37
- Battle Hollow, PA R+62
- Ojo Feliz, NM D+12
- Rutherford, KY R+77
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Alabama Secretary of State, 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.