Disaster City leans Democratic by roughly 24 points: about 62% of voters vote Democratic and 38% Republican.
About 50% of adults in Disaster City typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Disaster City, ~31% vote Democratic, ~19% Republican, and ~50% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Disaster City compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Disaster City leans more Democratic than 1 of 5 neighbors.
Disaster City runs about 38 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Disaster City is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Disaster City leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Disaster City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 94% of adults in Disaster City have never been married, far above similar-sized neighborhoods (around 35%). Disaster City runs against the grain of Texas, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Disaster City, College Station, TX 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 Disaster City looks the way it does
Renters vote less often than owners. About 95% of households in Disaster City rent, about 70 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Disaster City sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Disaster City have completed high school, above 98% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- College Park, College Station, TX D+34
- Southwood Valley, College Station, TX D+13
- Northgate, College Station, TX D+35
- Wolf Pen Creek District, College Station, TX D+30
- Midway Place, Bryan, TX D+31
- Downtown Bryan, Bryan, TX D+34
- Lake Windcrest, Magnolia, TX R+51
- Fairfield, Cypress, TX R+24
- Sterling Ridge, The Woodlands, TX R+29
- Alden Bridge, The Woodlands, TX R+24
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Highland Farms, Baytown, TX R+6
- Arlington Park, Fort Wayne, IN R+19
- Southwest, West Palm Beach, FL Even
- Augustana, Sioux Falls, SD D+18
- Donaldson Run, Arlington, VA D+57
- Factoria, Bellevue, WA D+40
- Signature Lakes, Horizon West, FL R+6
- 4th Ward, Portsmouth, OH R+25
- Houghton, Tucson, AZ D+11
- Edmondson Heights, Woodlawn, MD D+81
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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.