O'Quinn is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 70% of adults in O'Quinn typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in O'Quinn, ~11% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~31% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How O'Quinn compares
Among cities within 25 miles, O'Quinn leans more Republican than 28 of 48 neighbors.
O'Quinn runs about 53 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why O'Quinn 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 O'Quinn, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in O'Quinn are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as O'Quinn, TX does.
Why turnout in O'Quinn looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in O'Quinn have completed high school, about 10 points above the Texas average of 86%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and O'Quinn sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Muldoon, TX R+68
- Freyburg, TX R+72
- Swiss Alp, TX R+71
- Hostyn, TX R+67
- Plum, TX R+68
- West Point, TX R+67
- La Grange, TX R+45
- Flatonia, TX R+49
Cities with Similar Populations
- Orange Heights, FL R+38
- Layman, KY R+79
- Gravesville, AR R+72
- Yell, TN R+69
- Harlem, LA D+32
- Fox, KY R+66
- Watson, IA R+38
- Lorado, WV R+73
- Sand Hill, AR R+80
- Fredonia, ND R+75
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.