Fondren Gardens leans heavily Democratic by roughly 44 points: about 72% of voters vote Democratic and 28% Republican.
About 34% of adults in Fondren Gardens typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fondren Gardens, ~25% vote Democratic, ~9% Republican, and ~66% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fondren Gardens compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Fondren Gardens leans more Democratic than 4 of 6 neighbors.
Fondren Gardens runs about 58 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Fondren Gardens is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Fondren Gardens 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 Fondren Gardens, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Fondren Gardens votes against the grain of Texas. Texas leans Republican overall, while Fondren Gardens runs about 58 points more Democratic.
High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a high uninsured rate tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Fondren Gardens, Houston, TX does.
Why turnout in Fondren Gardens looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Fondren Gardens 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 48%, about 6 points below the Texas average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 68% of households in Fondren Gardens rent, about 43 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- South Main, Houston, TX D+60
- Shadow Creek Ranch, Pearland, TX D+33
- Sugarland, Houston, TX D+22
- West University, Houston, TX D+14
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- West Atherton, Atherton, CA D+43
- Idylwood, Redmond, WA D+51
- Mount Pleasant Area, Mount Pleasant, NC R+59
- Norton Commons, Prospect, KY R+4
- Rothfield, Semmes, AL R+41
- Biscayne Terrace, Jacksonville, FL D+65
- Raintree, Kissimmee, FL R+5
- Highland Farms-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX D+36
- Talus, Issaquah, WA D+54
- White Gables, Summerville, SC R+27
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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.