Highland Park, TX Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Highland Park

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

Highland Park leans Republican by roughly 26 points: about 37% of voters vote Democratic and 63% Republican.

 

About 89% of adults in Highland Park typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Highland Park, ~33% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~11% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Highland Park compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Highland Park leans more Republican than 55 of 70 neighbors.

Highland Park runs about 13 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Highland Park. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+33) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+13), a spread of about 20 points.

Why Highland Park 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 Highland Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Highland Park votes Republican even though it is densely developed (more than 99%, far above the Texas average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Highland Park are family households, above 83% of cities.

High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout

Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a low uninsured rate tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Highland Park, TX does.

Why turnout in Highland Park looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Highland Park 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 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Highland Park have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. 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.