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

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

Fort Hancock leans Republican by roughly 22 points: about 39% of voters vote Democratic and 61% Republican.

 

About 36% of adults in Fort Hancock typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fort Hancock, ~14% vote Democratic, ~22% Republican, and ~64% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Fort Hancock compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Fort Hancock leans more Republican than 2 of 4 neighbors.

Fort Hancock runs about 9 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.

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

Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 7% of adults in Fort Hancock hold a bachelor's degree, about 19 points below the Texas average of 26%.

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 Fort Hancock, TX does.

Why turnout in Fort Hancock looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Fort Hancock 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 36%, about 17 points below the Texas average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 57% of adults in Fort Hancock have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Fort Hancock sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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.