Lehigh Acres, FL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Lehigh Acres

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

Lehigh Acres leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.

 

About 53% of adults in Lehigh Acres typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lehigh Acres, ~25% vote Democratic, ~28% Republican, and ~47% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Lehigh Acres compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Lehigh Acres leans more Republican than 1 of 21 neighbors.

Lehigh Acres runs about 7 points more Democratic than Florida as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Lehigh Acres. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+9) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (R+27), a spread of about 36 points.

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

Lehigh Acres votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 93%, far above the Florida average of 57%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Lehigh Acres sits in the bottom quarter (about 15%, below 78% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Lehigh Acres are family households, above 81% of cities.

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 Lehigh Acres, FL does.

Why turnout in Lehigh Acres looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Lehigh Acres 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 50%, about 7 points below the Florida average of 56%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 29% of households in Lehigh Acres rent, above 83% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 82% of adults in Lehigh Acres have completed high school, below 87% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.