Mountain Home is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Mountain Home typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mountain Home, ~11% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mountain Home compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mountain Home leans more Republican than 4 of 8 neighbors.
Mountain Home runs about 56 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Mountain Home leans the way it does
Density, race composition, education, and family structure all sit close to their national averages in Mountain Home. The lean here lands roughly where demographic data alone would predict.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Mountain Home, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Mountain Home looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Mountain Home is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 65%, above 67% of cities. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Mountain Home own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Mountain Home have completed high school, above 92% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Hunt, TX R+67
- Harper, TX R+73
- Ingram, TX R+59
- Noxville, TX R+76
- Kerrville, TX R+39
- Segovia, TX R+76
- Tivydale, TX R+72
- Legion, TX R+48
- Morris Ranch, TX R+60
- Medina, TX R+63
Cities with Similar Populations
- Knoxville, GA R+55
- Muscadine, AL R+89
- Hobbsville, NC R+34
- Damascus, AR R+66
- Verdie, FL R+75
- Peggs, OK R+52
- Darwin, MN R+49
- Barneveld, NY R+31
- St. Clair, MN R+32
- Big Island, VA R+54
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.