Mexia leans Republican by roughly 18 points: about 41% of voters vote Democratic and 59% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Mexia typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mexia, ~23% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mexia compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mexia leans more Republican than 1 of 44 neighbors.
Politically, Mexia sits close to the rest of Texas.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Mexia. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+20) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+64), a spread of about 85 points.
Why Mexia 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 Mexia, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Mexia votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 42%, modestly above the Texas average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Mexia, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Mexia looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Mexia is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 44%, about 10 points below the Texas average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 33% of households in Mexia rent, above 88% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 84% of adults in Mexia have completed high school, below 82% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Point Enterprise, TX R+56
- Forest Glade, TX R+64
- Tehuacana, TX R+49
- Echols, TX R+63
- Wortham, TX R+55
- Groesbeck, TX R+50
- Simsboro, TX R+74
- Coolidge, TX R+17
- Rodney, TX R+69
- Horn Hill, TX R+73
Cities with Similar Populations
- Page, AZ D+3
- York, NE R+45
- Bohemia, NY R+33
- Woodfield, SC D+55
- Herkimer, NY R+17
- Madera Acres, CA R+15
- Krum, TX R+51
- Waynesville, OH R+50
- Dos Palos, CA R+11
- Lake Alfred, FL R+21
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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.