Knox City is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Knox City typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Knox City, ~9% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Knox City compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Knox City leans more Republican than 3 of 15 neighbors.
Knox City runs about 59 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Knox City. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+78) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+66), a spread of about 12 points.
Why Knox City 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 Knox City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 16% of adults in Knox City hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the Texas average of 26%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Knox City, TX sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Knox City looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Knox City 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 47%, about 7 points below the Texas average of 54%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- O'Brien, TX R+78
- Rochester, TX R+79
- Weinert, TX R+79
- Munday, TX R+56
- Rhineland, TX R+75
- Benjamin, TX R+79
- Goree, TX R+74
- Rule, TX R+77
- Haskell, TX R+58
Cities with Similar Populations
- New Enterprise, PA R+74
- Milan, WA R+45
- Detroit, TX R+77
- Seymore, TX R+73
- Cuba, AL D+28
- Conrad, IA R+42
- Marvel, AL R+78
- Gresham, WI R+21
- Weeks Mills, ME R+26
- Ramer, AL R+25
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.