Morales is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 50% of adults in Morales typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Morales, ~7% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~50% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Morales compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Morales leans more Republican than 13 of 22 neighbors.
Morales runs about 59 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Morales 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 Morales, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 87% of households in Morales are family households, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Morales, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Morales looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Morales 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 48%, about 6 points below the Texas average of 54%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Edna, TX R+52
- Ezzell, TX R+79
- El Toro, TX R+72
- Hope, TX R+80
- Inez, TX R+67
- Vienna, TX R+78
- Ganado, TX R+66
- Speaks, TX R+77
- Koerth, TX R+75
- Terryville, TX R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Paguate, NM D+45
- Elm Hall, MI R+49
- Clearview, OK R+58
- Elberon, VA R+14
- Sugar Tree Ridge, OH R+68
- Lily Pond, GA R+74
- Hayes, LA R+82
- Niobrara, NE R+16
- Pinehurst, GA R+34
- Natalbany, LA R+47
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.