East Point is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.
About 79% of adults in East Point typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in East Point, ~9% vote Democratic, ~70% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How East Point compares
Among cities within 25 miles, East Point leans more Republican than 47 of 56 neighbors.
East Point runs about 63 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why East Point 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 East Point, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 75% of households in East Point are family households, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; East Point, TX sits below the national average on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in East Point looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 93% of households in East Point own their home, about 18 points above the Texas average of 75%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and East Point sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Little Hope, TX R+73
- Stout, TX R+78
- Pine Mills, TX R+66
- Pineview, TX R+75
- Golden, TX R+76
- Grice, TX R+76
- Hainesville, TX R+72
- Rhonesboro, TX R+71
- Holly Lake Ranch, TX R+58
- Piney Grove, TX R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- White Oak, OK R+62
- Bradford, IL R+49
- Tyler, WA R+36
- Rio Oso, CA R+52
- Unadilla, NE R+46
- New Haven, NY R+32
- Farmersville, IL R+53
- Wishon, CA R+27
- Indrio, FL R+30
- Preston, MS R+21
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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.