Gail is a Republican stronghold. About 4% of voters here vote Democratic and 96% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Gail typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gail, ~3% vote Democratic, ~71% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gail compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Gail is the most Republican-leaning.
Gail runs about 79 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Gail 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 Gail, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 83% of households in Gail are family households, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Gail sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 96% of cities).
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Gail, TX sits in the top quarter 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 Gail looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Gail is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.