Gooseneck leans Republican by roughly 22 points: about 39% of voters vote Democratic and 61% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Gooseneck typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gooseneck, ~23% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gooseneck compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Gooseneck leans more Republican than 40 of 60 neighbors.
Gooseneck runs about 18 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Why Gooseneck 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 Gooseneck, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 6% of adults in Gooseneck hold a bachelor's degree, about 20 points below the North Carolina average of 27%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 89% of residents in Gooseneck drive to work alone, above 91% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Gooseneck, NC 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 Gooseneck looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Gooseneck is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 22% of adults in Gooseneck report food insecurity, above 84% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 76% of adults in Gooseneck have completed high school, below 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Point Caswell, NC R+16
- Delco, NC R+28
- The Borough, NC R+17
- Northwest, NC R+28
- Sandyfield, NC D+8
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from North Carolina State Board of 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.