Cottonwood Shores is a Republican stronghold. About 25% of voters here vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Cottonwood Shores typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cottonwood Shores, ~16% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cottonwood Shores compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cottonwood Shores leans more Republican than 13 of 30 neighbors.
Cottonwood Shores runs about 36 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Cottonwood Shores 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 Cottonwood Shores, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Cottonwood Shores votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 30%, about 6 points below the U.S. average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
Non-English at home and voter turnout
Places with a low non-English-at-home share tend to turn out at a higher rate; Cottonwood Shores, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Cottonwood Shores looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Cottonwood Shores is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Highland Haven, TX R+54
- Sunrise Beach Village, TX R+56
- Fairland, TX R+68
- Kingsland, TX R+50
- Smithwick, TX R+65
- Round Mountain, TX R+53
Cities with Similar Populations
- Gilman, WI R+49
- Spruce, MI R+29
- Gordon, WI R+23
- Middle Verde, AZ R+14
- Palmyra, MI R+40
- Lupton, MI R+41
- New Harmony, UT R+68
- South Thomaston, ME D+6
- Wolcott, VT R+9
- Wallingford, VT R+15
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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.