Fort Davis is a Democratic stronghold. About 87% of voters here vote Democratic and 13% Republican.
About 42% of adults in Fort Davis typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fort Davis, ~37% vote Democratic, ~5% Republican, and ~58% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fort Davis compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fort Davis leans more Democratic than 46 of 50 neighbors.
Fort Davis runs about 105 points more Democratic than Alabama as a whole. Alabama leans Republican overall, while Fort Davis is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Fort Davis. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+76) and the south side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+41), a spread of about 35 points.
Why Fort Davis 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 Davis, 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 91% of residents in Fort Davis are Black or African American, about 68 points above the Alabama average of 24%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 50% of adults in Fort Davis have never been married, above 98% of cities. Fort Davis runs against the grain of Alabama, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Food insecurity and voter turnout
Places with high food insecurity tend to turn out at a lower rate; Fort Davis, AL sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.
Why turnout in Fort Davis looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Fort Davis 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 46%, about 8 points below the Alabama average of 54%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 31% of adults in Fort Davis report food insecurity, above 96% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Fort Davis sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Hardaway, AL D+35
- Roba, AL D+65
- Thompson, AL D+38
- Armstrong, AL D+62
- Davisville, AL D+76
- Union Springs, AL D+53
- Hannon, AL D+77
- Tuskegee Institute, AL D+84
- Tuskegee, AL D+72
- Bruceville, AL D+6
Cities with Similar Populations
- Crewstown, TN R+73
- Crab Orchard, NE R+56
- Sharp, LA R+68
- Crutchfield, KY R+69
- Roy, NM R+36
- Edison, WA R+3
- Eberle, IL R+80
- Erwin, SD R+53
- Four States, WV R+54
- Good Hope, AR R+29
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Alabama Secretary of State, Elections, 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.