Kashmere Gardens is a Democratic stronghold. About 85% of voters here vote Democratic and 15% Republican.
About 40% of adults in Kashmere Gardens typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kashmere Gardens, ~34% vote Democratic, ~6% Republican, and ~60% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Kashmere Gardens compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Kashmere Gardens leans more Democratic than 8 of 9 neighbors.
Kashmere Gardens runs about 84 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Kashmere Gardens is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Kashmere Gardens 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 Kashmere Gardens, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Kashmere Gardens live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. Kashmere Gardens runs against the grain of Texas, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Kashmere Gardens, Houston, TX does.
Why turnout in Kashmere Gardens looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Kashmere Gardens 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 37%, about 17 points below the Texas average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 74% of adults in Kashmere Gardens have completed high school, below 92% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Kashmere Gardens sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Greater Fifth Ward, Houston, TX D+63
- Denver Harbor-Port Houston, Houston, TX D+29
- Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston, TX D+71
- Downtown Houston, Houston, TX D+49
- North, Houston, TX D+26
- East End, Houston, TX D+31
- East Houston, Houston, TX D+58
- Fourth Ward, Houston, TX D+47
- Independence Heights, Houston, TX D+53
- East Little York-Homestead, Houston, TX D+65
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Pocono Farms, Tobyhanna, PA D+28
- Little Italy, San Diego, CA D+40
- Normandy Isles, North Bay Village, FL R+4
- Rancho El Dorado, Silver Bell, AZ R+6
- Center Bluff, Peoria, IL D+47
- Southeast, Helena, MT D+22
- Valencia, Buckeye, AZ R+14
- Greenwood Forest, Houston, TX D+11
- Fairgrounds, New Orleans, LA D+68
- Nevin Community, Charlotte, NC D+67
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.