Goodman is a Republican stronghold. About 6% of voters here vote Democratic and 94% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Goodman typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Goodman, ~4% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Goodman compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Goodman leans more Republican than 48 of 52 neighbors.
Goodman runs about 58 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Goodman 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 Goodman, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 88% of residents in Goodman drive to work alone, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 74%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Goodman, AL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Goodman looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Goodman 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 60%, below 58% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Turner Crossroads, AL R+64
- Sellersville, AL R+84
- Weeks, AL R+88
- Coffee Springs, AL R+83
- Rhoades, AL R+89
- Kinston, AL R+85
- Keyton, AL R+53
- Chancellor, AL R+71
- Perry Store, AL R+90
- New Brockton, AL R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Blue Jay, CA R+16
- Six Mile Run, PA R+71
- Harlan, MI R+44
- Danbury, NH R+8
- Pinedale, AZ R+61
- Forksville, PA R+62
- Smithwick, TX R+65
- Oakdale, WI R+40
- Tehuacana, TX R+49
- Windle, TN R+69
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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.