Kleberg, TX Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Kleberg

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

Kleberg leans Democratic by roughly 20 points: about 60% of voters vote Democratic and 40% Republican.

 

About 16% of adults in Kleberg typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kleberg, ~10% vote Democratic, ~6% Republican, and ~84% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Kleberg compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Kleberg leans more Democratic than 52 of 61 neighbors.

Kleberg runs about 35 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Kleberg is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

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

Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Kleberg is about 8%, about 64 points below the U.S. average of 72%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 36% of adults in Kleberg have never been married, above 89% of cities. Kleberg runs against the grain of Texas, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Kleberg, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Kleberg looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Kleberg 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 39%, about 15 points below the Texas average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 33% of households in Kleberg rent, above 88% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 60% of adults in Kleberg have completed high school, in the bottom fraction 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 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.