Homestead, FL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Homestead

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

Homestead leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.

 

About 50% of adults in Homestead typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Homestead, ~23% vote Democratic, ~27% Republican, and ~50% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Homestead compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Homestead leans more Republican than 11 of 39 neighbors.

Homestead runs about 8 points more Democratic than Florida as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Homestead. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+24) and the northwest side runs the most Republican (R+28), a spread of about 52 points.

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

Homestead votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 85%, well above the Florida average of 57%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Homestead are family households, above 85% of cities.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Homestead, FL 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 Homestead looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Homestead 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 49%, about 7 points below the Florida average of 56%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 43% of households in Homestead rent, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 78% of adults in Homestead have completed high school, below 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Florida Division 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.