Double Springs is a Republican stronghold. About 8% of voters here vote Democratic and 92% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Double Springs typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Double Springs, ~4% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Double Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Double Springs leans more Republican than 23 of 46 neighbors.
Double Springs runs about 53 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Double Springs 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 Double Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Double Springs, about 95% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points below the Alabama average of 20%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Double Springs are family households, above 75% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Double Springs, AL sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Double Springs looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Double Springs is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 5% of homes in Double Springs have more than one occupant per room, above 86% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 77% of adults in Double Springs have completed high school, below 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Delmar, AL R+83
- 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
- North Pole, AK R+17
- Panorama Village, TX R+48
- Angels, CA R+30
- New Ringgold, PA R+48
- McClure, PA R+69
- Ledgewood, NJ R+9
- Lincoln, ND R+50
- Westhampton Beach, NY D+3
- Provincetown, MA D+69
- Lima, NY R+15
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.