Grayson is a Republican stronghold. About 7% of voters here vote Democratic and 93% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Grayson typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Grayson, ~4% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Grayson compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Grayson leans more Republican than 45 of 48 neighbors.
Grayson runs about 56 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Grayson 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 Grayson, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 5% of residents in Grayson live in densely developed areas, about 14 points below the Alabama average of 19%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Grayson sits in the bottom quarter (about 14%, below 83% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Grayson, AL sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Grayson looks the way it does
Turnout in Grayson sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Wren, AL R+77
- Inmanfield, AL R+87
- Houston, AL R+80
- Addison, AL R+86
- DeFoor, AL R+84
- Upshaw, AL R+85
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- Paloma, IL R+68
- Walhalla, MI R+35
- Waltonia, CO R+14
- Ucross, WY R+75
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- Trenton, IA R+47
- Mount Judea, AR R+74
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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.