Jiba is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 50% of adults in Jiba typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Jiba, ~9% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~50% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Jiba compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Jiba leans more Republican than 34 of 57 neighbors.
Jiba runs about 53 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Jiba 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 Jiba, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 8% of adults in Jiba hold a bachelor's degree, about 17 points below the Texas average of 26%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 85% of residents in Jiba drive to work alone, above 81% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Jiba, 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 Jiba looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Jiba is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 75% of adults in Jiba have completed high school, below 96% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Oak Grove, TX R+66
- Elmo, TX R+41
- Kaufman, TX R+41
- Grays Prairie, TX R+68
- Ola, TX R+58
- Scurry, TX R+70
- Post Oak Bend City, TX R+61
- Warsaw, TX R+65
- Cottonwood, TX R+72
- Kemp, TX R+70
Cities with Similar Populations
- Mullen, NE R+80
- Buffalo, IL R+50
- Culdesac, ID R+43
- Yellow Dirt, GA R+72
- Thornton, AR R+58
- Bigelow, MN R+58
- Lake Eunice, MN R+36
- Olive Branch, KY R+40
- Richfield, CA R+45
- Bayview, ID R+64
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.