Lakeland Highlands leans heavily Republican by roughly 36 points: about 32% of voters vote Democratic and 68% Republican.
About 90% of adults in Lakeland Highlands typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lakeland Highlands, ~29% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~10% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lakeland Highlands compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lakeland Highlands leans more Republican than 36 of 55 neighbors.
Lakeland Highlands runs about 23 points more Republican than Florida as a whole.
Why Lakeland Highlands 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 Lakeland Highlands, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Lakeland Highlands votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 82%, well above the Florida average of 57%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Lakeland Highlands are family households, above 81% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Lakeland Highlands, FL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Lakeland Highlands looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Lakeland Highlands is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Fuller Heights, FL R+30
- Highland City, FL R+29
- Mulberry, FL R+33
- Crystal Lake, FL R+11
- Nichols, FL R+46
- Lakeland, FL R+18
- Coronet, FL R+45
- Kossuthville, FL R+59
- Bartow, FL R+19
Cities with Similar Populations
- Willow Street, PA R+15
- Brownsville, TN D+28
- Madras, OR R+30
- Montevallo, AL R+31
- Belmont, MI R+18
- North Bellport, NY D+17
- Manning, SC Even
- East Grand Rapids, MI D+35
- Woodland Park, CO R+17
- Linganore, MD D+6
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Florida Division of Elections, 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.