Garden City is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Garden City typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Garden City, ~6% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Garden City compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Garden City leans more Republican than 40 of 71 neighbors.
Garden City runs about 50 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Garden City 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 Garden City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 94% of residents in Garden City drive to work alone, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high white share with below-average college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Garden City fits that profile on both counts. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Garden City are family households, above 92% of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with low high-school-completion share tend to turn out at a lower rate; Garden City, AL sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Garden City looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Garden City is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 4% of homes in Garden City have more than one occupant per room, above 83% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 81% of adults in Garden City have completed high school, below 90% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Red Hill, AL R+81
- Hanceville, AL R+76
- Nectar, AL R+84
- Hayden, AL R+82
- Gum Springs, AL R+80
- Blount Springs, AL R+75
- Dodge City, AL R+72
- Mountain Grove, AL R+81
- Cleveland, AL R+81
- Good Hope, AL R+79
Cities with Similar Populations
- New Ross, IN R+60
- Norge, OK R+70
- Boise, WA R+24
- Rider, WV R+55
- Bon Ami, TX R+77
- Harrisville, NH D+13
- Moss Bluff, FL R+60
- Celoron, NY R+10
- Bella Villa, MO D+6
- Gap Creek, TN R+67
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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.