Fort Rucker is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 34% of adults in Fort Rucker typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fort Rucker, ~8% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~66% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fort Rucker compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fort Rucker leans more Republican than 17 of 62 neighbors.
Fort Rucker runs about 21 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Fort Rucker 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 Rucker, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Fort Rucker are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with renter-heavy households tend to turn out at a lower rate; Fort Rucker, AL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Fort Rucker looks the way it does
Renters vote less often than owners. More than 99% of households in Fort Rucker rent, about 75 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 98% of adults in Fort Rucker have completed high school, above 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Kelly, AL R+42
- Daleville, AL R+36
- Level Plains, AL R+44
- Coppinville, AL R+35
- Enterprise, AL R+36
- Clayhatchee, AL R+70
- Waterford, AL R+62
- Ozark, AL R+24
- Newton, AL R+77
- Keyton, AL R+53
Cities with Similar Populations
- Haworth, NJ D+10
- North Hudson, WI R+8
- Dumas, AR D+3
- Sheffield, OH R+10
- Holden, ME R+12
- Lindsay, OK R+68
- Great Falls, SC R+33
- Oak Grove, LA R+73
- Hunters Creek Village, TX R+41
- Burnettown, SC R+33
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.