Fort Bliss, TX Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Fort Bliss

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Fort Bliss leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.

 

About 27% of adults in Fort Bliss typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fort Bliss, ~12% vote Democratic, ~15% Republican, and ~73% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Fort Bliss compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Fort Bliss is the most Republican-leaning.

Politically, Fort Bliss sits close to the rest of Texas.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Fort Bliss. The northeast side is the most split-leaning (R+24) and the southwest side is the least split-leaning (R+3), a spread of about 21 points.

Why Fort Bliss 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 Fort Bliss, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Fort Bliss votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 78%, far above the Texas average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 96% of households in Fort Bliss are family households, in the top fraction of cities.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Fort Bliss, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Fort Bliss looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Fort Bliss 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 47%, about 7 points below the Texas average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and more than 99% of households in Fort Bliss rent, compared to around 19% in nearby cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 97% of adults in Fort Bliss have completed high school, above 92% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.