Duster is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Duster typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Duster, ~8% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Duster compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Duster leans more Republican than 16 of 35 neighbors.
Duster runs about 62 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Duster 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 Duster, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 85% of households in Duster are family households, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Duster sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 77% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Duster, TX sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Duster looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 94% of households in Duster own their home, about 19 points above the Texas average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- DeLeon, TX R+59
- Sidney, TX R+80
- Kokomo, TX R+78
- Vandyke, TX R+79
- Chuckville, TX R+79
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ophir, UT R+72
- Tabernacle, TN R+36
- Rodman, IA R+55
- Farmer, WA R+57
- Union Gap, OR R+37
- Pittsville, PA R+54
- Johnsontown, MD R+40
- Souwilpa, AL R+54
- Higginsville, IL R+59
- Taft, KY R+77
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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.