Forest Glade is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Forest Glade typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Forest Glade, ~12% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Forest Glade compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Forest Glade leans more Republican than 16 of 40 neighbors.
Forest Glade runs about 51 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Forest Glade 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 Forest Glade, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 90% of residents in Forest Glade drive to work alone, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Forest Glade are family households, above 83% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Forest Glade, TX sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Forest Glade looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Forest Glade is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Mexia, TX R+18
- Groesbeck, TX R+50
- Point Enterprise, TX R+56
- Echols, TX R+63
- Horn Hill, TX R+73
- Tehuacana, TX R+49
- Personville, TX R+73
- Kirk, TX R+68
- Coolidge, TX R+17
- Wortham, TX R+55
Cities with Similar Populations
- Abbott, TX R+73
- Newburg, CA D+3
- Beulah Heights, KY R+79
- Syracuse, MO R+71
- Newtonville, NJ R+6
- Osco, IL R+44
- St. Marys, IA R+40
- Sugarloaf Shores, FL R+30
- Granville, IA R+66
- Chillicothe, TX R+63
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.