Downtown Brownsville leans slightly Democratic by roughly 14 points: about 57% of voters vote Democratic and 43% Republican.
About 29% of adults in Downtown Brownsville typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Downtown Brownsville, ~16% vote Democratic, ~12% Republican, and ~72% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Downtown Brownsville compares
Downtown Brownsville runs about 29 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Downtown Brownsville is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Downtown Brownsville 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 Downtown Brownsville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Downtown Brownsville votes against the grain of Texas. Texas leans Republican overall, while Downtown Brownsville runs about 29 points more Democratic.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Downtown Brownsville, Brownsville, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Downtown Brownsville looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Downtown Brownsville is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 33%, about 20 points below the Texas average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 65% of households in Downtown Brownsville rent, compared to around 29% in nearby neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 51% of adults in Downtown Brownsville have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Enfield Estates, Edinburg, TX R+2
- College Heights, McAllen, TX D+14
- Sharyland Plantation, Mission, TX R+6
- West Sharyland, Mission, TX R+3
- La Homa, Mission, TX R+4
- Abram-Perezville, Mission, TX R+6
- Doffing, Mission, TX R+5
- Mustang-Padre Island, Corpus Christi, TX R+38
- Flour Bluff, Corpus Christi, TX R+31
- South Side, Corpus Christi, TX R+5
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Aggasiz-Harvard, Cambridge, MA D+78
- Oak Creek, Irvine, CA D+12
- Annandale-on-Hudson, Staten Island, NY R+55
- Lincoln Village, Milwaukee, WI D+42
- Brick Church Bellshire, Nashville, TN D+71
- Mendenhall Valley, Juneau, AK D+10
- Riverview, Kansas City, KS D+37
- Washington Square, Brookline, MA D+72
- College Glen, Sacramento, CA D+31
- Rose Park, Salt Lake City, UT D+30
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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.