Melrose is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Melrose typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Melrose, ~9% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Melrose compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Melrose leans more Republican than 22 of 33 neighbors.
Melrose runs about 61 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Melrose 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 Melrose, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 79% of households in Melrose are family households, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Melrose sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 75% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Melrose, TX sits below the national average on this measure.
Why turnout in Melrose looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Melrose is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.