Malvern is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 69% of adults in Malvern typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Malvern, ~10% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~31% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Malvern compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Malvern leans more Republican than 19 of 31 neighbors.
Malvern runs about 57 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Malvern. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+75) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+65), a spread of about 10 points.
Why Malvern 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 Malvern, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 81% of households in Malvern are family households, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Malvern, TX does.
Why turnout in Malvern looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Malvern have completed high school, about 11 points above the Texas average of 86%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Malvern sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Flo, TX R+63
- Centerville, TX R+72
- Porter Springs, TX R+62
- Reynard, TX R+56
- Middleton, TX R+74
- Concord, TX R+71
- Austonio, TX R+68
- Mapleton, TX R+66
- Red Lake, TX R+48
- Cut, TX R+72
Cities with Similar Populations
- Sparks Hill, IL R+61
- Parker Lake, MO R+66
- Rural Hill, MS R+40
- Fremont, MN R+46
- Lenora, MN R+40
- Myrtlewood, AL R+14
- Vicksburg, PA R+61
- Forest Hill, WV R+57
- Spuds, FL R+27
- Talbot, OR R+39
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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.