Napier Field leans heavily Republican by roughly 44 points: about 28% of voters vote Democratic and 72% Republican.
About 54% of adults in Napier Field typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Napier Field, ~15% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~46% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Napier Field compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Napier Field leans more Republican than 16 of 60 neighbors.
Napier Field runs about 14 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Napier Field. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+77) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+19), a spread of about 59 points.
Why Napier Field 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 Napier Field, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 91% of residents in Napier Field drive to work alone, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Napier Field sits in the bottom quarter (about 12%, below 87% of cities).
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Napier Field, AL does.
Why turnout in Napier Field looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Napier Field 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 Alabama average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 53% of households in Napier Field rent, compared to around 31% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 29% of adults in Napier Field report food insecurity, above 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Grimes, AL R+20
- Midland City, AL R+52
- Blackwood, AL R+70
- Pinckard, AL R+66
- Kinsey, AL Even
- Dothan, AL R+17
- Headland, AL R+57
- Browns Crossroads, AL R+87
- Waterford, AL R+62
- Newton, AL R+77
Cities with Similar Populations
- Trapp, MS R+9
- Drummond, WI R+16
- Ransom, KY R+76
- Fine Creek Mills, VA R+34
- Rising Sun, MS D+66
- Gwynedd Valley, PA D+21
- Denham, IN R+59
- Centralia, KS R+67
- North Eagle Butte, SD D+60
- New Site, MS R+87
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Alabama Secretary of State, Elections, 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.