Maxine is a Republican stronghold. About 6% of voters here vote Democratic and 94% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Maxine typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Maxine, ~4% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Maxine compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Maxine leans more Republican than 62 of 63 neighbors.
Maxine runs about 57 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Maxine 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 Maxine, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Maxine, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Alabama average of 20%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 91% of residents in Maxine drive to work alone, above 95% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Maxine, AL sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Maxine looks the way it does
Turnout in Maxine sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Parrish, AL R+72
- Burchfield, AL R+83
- West Jefferson, AL R+84
Cities with Similar Populations
- Guernewood Park, CA D+37
- Wickliffe, IN R+54
- Newman, KS R+47
- New Washington, PA R+69
- Saukum, MS R+4
- Seger, PA R+52
- Selman, OK R+78
- Santa Rita, MT R+65
- Arnheim, MI R+23
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Alabama Secretary of State, 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.