Garden Ridge, TX Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Garden Ridge

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

Garden Ridge leans heavily Republican by roughly 34 points: about 33% of voters vote Democratic and 67% Republican.

 

About 94% of adults in Garden Ridge typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Garden Ridge, ~31% vote Democratic, ~63% Republican, and ~6% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Garden Ridge compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Garden Ridge leans more Republican than 26 of 46 neighbors.

Garden Ridge runs about 21 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.

Why Garden Ridge 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 Ridge, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Garden Ridge votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 44%, modestly above the Texas average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 88% of households in Garden Ridge are family households, above 98% of cities.

Homeownership and voter turnout

Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Garden Ridge, TX sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Garden Ridge looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Garden Ridge 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Garden Ridge own their home, compared to around 68% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Garden Ridge have completed high school, above 97% of cities. 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.