Meadowbrook leans heavily Republican by roughly 36 points: about 32% of voters vote Democratic and 68% Republican.
About 92% of adults in Meadowbrook typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Meadowbrook, ~30% vote Democratic, ~63% Republican, and ~7% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Meadowbrook compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Meadowbrook leans more Republican than 40 of 80 neighbors.
Meadowbrook runs about 5 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Meadowbrook. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+43) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+30), a spread of about 13 points.
Why Meadowbrook 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 Meadowbrook, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Meadowbrook votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 92%, far above the Alabama average of 19%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Meadowbrook are family households, above 93% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Meadowbrook, AL sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Meadowbrook looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Meadowbrook 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 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Meadowbrook own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Meadowbrook have completed high school, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Indian Springs Village, AL R+46
- Simmsville, AL R+40
- Vestavia Hills, AL R+23
- Sterrett, AL R+51
- Chelsea, AL R+56
- Hoover, AL R+12
- Mountain Brook, AL R+23
- Homewood, AL D+14
- Pelham, AL R+31
- Birmingham, AL R+12
Cities with Similar Populations
- Four Corners, MD D+63
- Narberth, PA D+54
- Sandersville, GA D+13
- Fredericktown, OH R+57
- Glen Ridge, NJ D+56
- Wolfforth, TX R+59
- Bellevue, PA D+38
- Osprey, FL R+17
- Atlantic Highlands, NJ Even
- Thousand Palms, CA D+8
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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.