Greater Gardendale leans Democratic by roughly 30 points: about 65% of voters vote Democratic and 35% Republican.
About 32% of adults in Greater Gardendale typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Greater Gardendale, ~21% vote Democratic, ~11% Republican, and ~68% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Greater Gardendale compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Greater Gardendale leans more Democratic than 7 of 33 neighbors.
Greater Gardendale runs about 43 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Greater Gardendale is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Greater Gardendale leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Greater Gardendale, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Greater Gardendale votes against the grain of Texas. Texas leans Republican overall, while Greater Gardendale runs about 43 points more Democratic.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Greater Gardendale, San Antonio, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Greater Gardendale looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Greater Gardendale is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 33%, about 21 points below the Texas average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 69% of adults in Greater Gardendale have completed high school, below 95% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Greater Gardendale sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Las Palmas, San Antonio, TX D+35
- Thompson Community, San Antonio, TX D+33
- Brady Gardens, San Antonio, TX D+34
- Los Jardines, San Antonio, TX D+32
- Collins Gardens, San Antonio, TX D+36
- Prospect Hill, San Antonio, TX D+39
- Avenida Guadalupe, San Antonio, TX D+37
- Palm Heights, San Antonio, TX D+33
- Memorial Heights, San Antonio, TX D+35
- Community Workers Council, San Antonio, TX D+27
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Claytown, Detroit, MI D+16
- Near South, Lincoln, NE D+44
- Jordan, Minneapolis, MN D+63
- Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio, TX D+8
- Moreno Mission, San Diego, CA D+40
- City College Area, Long Beach, CA D+18
- Corbett-Terwilliger-Lair Hill, Portland, OR D+68
- Lakeview-Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA D+25
- Indiana University, Bloomington, IN D+60
- Riverside, Baltimore, MD D+64
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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.