Lazare is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Lazare typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lazare, ~6% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lazare compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lazare leans more Republican than 6 of 9 neighbors.
Lazare runs about 63 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Lazare 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 Lazare, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Lazare live in densely developed areas, about 33 points below the Texas average of 35%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Lazare are family households, above 83% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Lazare, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Lazare looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Lazare 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 46%, about 8 points below the Texas average of 54%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Childress, TX R+56
- Quanah, TX R+58
- Carey, TX R+79
- Tell, TX R+79
- Medicine Mound, TX R+76
- Eldorado, OK R+77
Cities with Similar Populations
- Union, CO R+68
- Ulm, WY R+71
- Harlan, KS R+78
- Raymar, IA R+29
- Longfellow, PA R+72
- Hisel, KY R+68
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.