Loma Alta is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 87% of adults in Loma Alta typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Loma Alta, ~12% vote Democratic, ~75% Republican, and ~13% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Loma Alta compares
Loma Alta sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable cities nearby.
Loma Alta runs about 59 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Loma Alta 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 Loma Alta, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. Fewer than 1% of residents in Loma Alta live in densely developed areas, about 34 points below the Texas average of 35%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Loma Alta, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Loma Alta looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 97% of households in Loma Alta own their home, about 22 points above the Texas average of 75%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Loma Alta sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Carta Valley, TX R+71
- Rocksprings, TX R+34
- Juno, TX R+69
- Barksdale, TX R+71
- Sonora, TX R+45
- Vance, TX R+66
- Comstock, TX R+76
- Roosevelt, TX R+71
- Camp Wood, TX R+55
Cities with Similar Populations
- Brookville, NJ R+27
- Lake View Pines, NM R+9
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.