Moscow leans heavily Republican by roughly 44 points: about 28% of voters vote Democratic and 72% Republican.
About 46% of adults in Moscow typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Moscow, ~13% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~54% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Moscow compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Moscow leans more Republican than 7 of 35 neighbors.
Moscow runs about 31 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Moscow. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+70) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+23), a spread of about 47 points.
Why Moscow 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 Moscow, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 8% of adults in Moscow hold a bachelor's degree, about 17 points below the Texas average of 26%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 88% of residents in Moscow drive to work alone, above 90% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Moscow are family households, above 82% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Moscow, TX sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Moscow looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Moscow 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 49%, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 82% of adults in Moscow have completed high school, below 87% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Carmona, TX R+71
- Pluck, TX R+65
- New Willard, TX R+33
- Lily Island, TX R+21
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- Leslie, AR R+67
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- Five Points, CA R+4
- Byromville, GA R+3
- Spalding, NE R+70
- Pray, MT R+34
- Surry, NH R+16
- Hawstone, PA R+59
- Groveland, NY R+33
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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.