Delmar is a Republican stronghold. About 8% of voters here vote Democratic and 92% Republican.
About 51% of adults in Delmar typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Delmar, ~4% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~49% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Delmar compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Delmar leans more Republican than 22 of 47 neighbors.
Delmar runs about 53 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Delmar 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 Delmar, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Delmar, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the U.S. average of 28%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Delmar are family households, above 76% of cities.
Non-English at home and voter turnout
Places with a high non-English-at-home share tend to turn out at a lower rate; Delmar, AL sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Delmar looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Delmar is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 20% of adults in Delmar report food insecurity, above 81% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Delmar have completed high school, below 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Double Springs, AL R+84
- Moreland, AL R+88
- Houston, AL R+80
- DeFoor, AL R+84
- Grayson, AL R+87
- Poplar Springs, AL R+82
- Lynn, AL R+87
- Natural Bridge, AL R+86
- Pebble, AL R+86
- Haleyville, AL R+78
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ione, GA R+61
- Junction, IL R+64
- West Windsor, MI R+16
- Bartlett, KS R+72
- Dallas, IA R+45
- Martinsville, MS D+7
- Richmond, RI R+8
- Chilcoot, CA R+42
- Kiana, AK D+25
- Holbrook, NE R+75
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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.