Gary City is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Gary City typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gary City, ~9% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gary City compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Gary City leans more Republican than 21 of 37 neighbors.
Gary City runs about 60 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Gary 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 Gary City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 15% of adults in Gary City hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the Texas average of 26%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Gary City, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Gary City looks the way it does
Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Gary City sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Gary, TX R+77
- Pleasant Ridge, TX R+75
- Daniels, TX R+77
- Carthage, TX R+54
- Meldrum, TX R+50
- Timpson, TX R+62
- Holland Quarters, TX R+16
- Clayton, TX R+79
- Tenaha, TX R+56
- Delray, TX R+56
Cities with Similar Populations
- Galva, IA R+65
- Gough, GA R+19
- Hazleton, IN R+59
- Haileyville, OK R+62
- Coppinville, AL R+35
- House, MS R+89
- Meriden, MN R+48
- Fairfield, VT R+27
- Bouse, AZ R+55
- Chester, MI R+41
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.