Midway Place, Bryan, TX Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Midway Place

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Midway Place leans heavily Democratic by roughly 32 points: about 66% of voters vote Democratic and 34% Republican.

 

About 43% of adults in Midway Place typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Midway Place, ~28% vote Democratic, ~15% Republican, and ~57% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Midway Place compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Midway Place leans more Democratic than 3 of 6 neighbors.

Midway Place runs about 45 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Midway Place is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Midway Place. The southwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+35) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+21), a spread of about 14 points.

Why Midway Place leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Midway Place, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Midway Place votes against the grain of Texas. Texas leans Republican overall, while Midway Place runs about 45 points more Democratic. Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting, and non-Hispanic white share in Midway Place is about 35%, compared to around 54% in nearby neighborhoods. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 79% of adults in Midway Place have never been married, in the top fraction of neighborhoods.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Midway Place, Bryan, 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 Midway Place looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Midway Place 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 39%, about 14 points below the Texas average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 90% of households in Midway Place rent, compared to around 58% in nearby neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Midway Place sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.