Egypt leans slightly Democratic by roughly 10 points: about 55% of voters vote Democratic and 45% Republican.
About 78% of adults in Egypt typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Egypt, ~43% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Egypt compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Egypt is the most Democratic-leaning.
Egypt runs about 24 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Egypt is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Egypt 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 Egypt, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural, majority-Black areas of the Southern Black Belt vote Democratic, against the usual rural pattern. About 50% of residents in Egypt are Black or African American, about 44 points above the Texas average of 7%. Egypt runs against the grain of Texas, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Egypt, TX sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Egypt looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. More than 99% of households in Egypt own their home, about 25 points above the Texas average of 75%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Egypt sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.