Duette leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.
About 27% of adults in Duette typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Duette, ~9% vote Democratic, ~18% Republican, and ~73% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Duette compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Duette leans more Republican than 11 of 39 neighbors.
Duette runs about 18 points more Republican than Florida as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Duette. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+62) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+30), a spread of about 32 points.
Why Duette 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 Duette, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 6% of adults in Duette hold a bachelor's degree, about 25 points below the Florida average of 31%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Duette sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 94% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and more than 99% of households in Duette are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Duette, FL 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 Duette looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Duette 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 34%, about 22 points below the Florida average of 56%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 82% of households in Duette rent, compared to around 32% in nearby cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 67% of adults in Duette have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Fort Green Springs, FL R+62
- Myakka Head, FL R+61
- Bowling Green, FL R+43
- Fort Lonesome, FL R+58
- Ona, FL R+68
- Torrey, FL R+39
- Wauchula, FL R+41
- Bradley, FL R+28
Cities with Similar Populations
- Weso, NV R+65
- Sycamore, OH R+61
- Westwood, KS D+47
- Poland, IN R+60
- Ennice, NC R+63
- Valley Park, OK R+59
- Remus, MI R+36
- Cable, OH R+55
- Edison, GA D+12
- Bennett, NC R+65
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Florida Division of 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.