Howe is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Howe typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Howe, ~13% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Howe compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Howe leans more Republican than 19 of 64 neighbors.
Howe runs about 42 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Howe. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+64) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+38), a spread of about 26 points.
Why Howe 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 Howe, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Howe votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 21%, modestly below 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 78% of households in Howe are family households, above 86% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Howe, 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 Howe looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Howe is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- White Mound, TX R+70
- Luella, TX R+72
- Dorchester, TX R+62
- Van Alstyne, TX R+51
- Tom Bean, TX R+65
- Gunter, TX R+61
- Cannon, TX R+70
- Sherman, TX R+26
- Kentuckytown, TX R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zumbrota, MN R+29
- White Salmon, WA D+28
- East Merrimack, NH D+12
- Floyd, VA R+44
- Lake Helen, FL R+38
- Goodland, KS R+63
- Petersburg, MI R+40
- Turk, CA R+36
- Mamou, LA R+27
- Leavenworth, WA D+12
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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.