Leisure City, FL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Leisure City

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

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

 

About 41% of adults in Leisure City typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Leisure City, ~19% vote Democratic, ~22% Republican, and ~59% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Leisure City compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Leisure City leans more Republican than 10 of 40 neighbors.

Leisure City runs about 8 points more Democratic than Florida as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Leisure City. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (D+12) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+14), a spread of about 26 points.

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

Leisure City votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 98%, 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 Leisure City sits in the bottom quarter (about 10%, below 94% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Leisure City are family households, above 92% of cities.

Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout

Places that combine a never-married-heavy adult population and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Leisure City, FL does.

Why turnout in Leisure City looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Leisure 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 44%, about 13 points below the Florida average of 56%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 48% of households in Leisure City rent, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 66% of adults in Leisure City have completed high school, in the bottom fraction 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.