Loyal Valley is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 79% of adults in Loyal Valley typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Loyal Valley, ~13% vote Democratic, ~66% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Loyal Valley compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Loyal Valley leans more Republican than 9 of 17 neighbors.
Loyal Valley runs about 54 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Loyal Valley 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 Loyal Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Loyal Valley sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 42 points above the Texas average of 56%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Loyal Valley, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Loyal Valley looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Loyal Valley 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 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Loyal Valley have completed high school, above 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Mason, TX R+50
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- Valley Spring, TX R+72
Cities with Similar Populations
- Rock Mills, VA R+18
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- St. Joe, WV R+65
- Milton, AL R+37
- Roxana, KY R+67
- Cortelyou, AL R+18
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- Raven Branch, TN R+70
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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.