Deer Park is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Deer Park typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Deer Park, ~11% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Deer Park compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Deer Park leans more Republican than 20 of 31 neighbors.
Deer Park runs about 33 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Deer Park. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+83) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+38), a spread of about 45 points.
Why Deer Park 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 Deer Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 9% of adults in Deer Park hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Alabama average of 20%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Deer Park, AL sits in the bottom tenth 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 Deer Park looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 91% of households in Deer Park own their home, about 13 points above the Alabama average of 78%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Vinegar Bend, AL R+44
- Seaboard, AL R+77
- Sims Chapel, AL R+43
- Citronelle, AL R+58
- Fruitdale, AL R+77
- Tibbie, AL R+75
- Sidney, AL R+78
- Hawthorn, AL R+19
- Fairford, AL R+40
- McIntosh, AL D+16
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zenith, IL R+71
- Salcha, AK R+24
- Stitzer, WI R+41
- Cuyahoga Heights, OH R+22
- Morgan Farm, TX R+39
- Crucible, PA R+43
- Bexar, AL R+84
- Kilbourne, LA R+73
- Crescent, WI R+44
- Jamesburg, CA D+3
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.