Greater Greenspoint, Houston, TX Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Greater Greenspoint

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Greater Greenspoint leans heavily Democratic by roughly 42 points: about 71% of voters vote Democratic and 29% Republican.

 

About 25% of adults in Greater Greenspoint typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Greater Greenspoint, ~18% vote Democratic, ~7% Republican, and ~75% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Greater Greenspoint compares

Greater Greenspoint sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable neighborhoods nearby.

Greater Greenspoint runs about 56 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Greater Greenspoint is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Greater Greenspoint. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+56) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+18), a spread of about 37 points.

Why Greater Greenspoint 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 Greenspoint, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Greater Greenspoint votes against the grain of Texas. Texas leans Republican overall, while Greater Greenspoint runs about 56 points more Democratic. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 55% of adults in Greater Greenspoint have never been married, above 88% of neighborhoods.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Greater Greenspoint, Houston, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Greater Greenspoint looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Greater Greenspoint 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 31%, about 23 points below the Texas average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 85% of households in Greater Greenspoint rent, compared to around 57% in nearby neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 60% of adults in Greater Greenspoint have completed high school, below 98% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.