Merit is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Merit typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Merit, ~11% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Merit compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Merit leans more Republican than 54 of 66 neighbors.
Merit runs about 57 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Merit 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 Merit, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 83% of households in Merit are family households, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Merit, TX sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Merit looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 94% of households in Merit own their home, about 19 points above the Texas average of 75%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Merit sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Peniel, TX R+52
- Tidwell, TX R+64
- Pike, TX R+67
- Clinton, TX R+68
- White Rock, TX R+68
- Wolfe City, TX R+64
Cities with Similar Populations
- Mahtowa, MN R+26
- Cairnbrook, PA R+59
- Royalston, MA R+12
- Bertrand, NE R+76
- Eldorado, OH R+64
- Kimball, SD R+65
- Parksville, NY R+22
- Juliaetta, ID R+49
- Minneola, KS R+74
- Herndon, AR R+69
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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.