Oakville is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Oakville typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Oakville, ~10% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Oakville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Oakville leans more Republican than 20 of 54 neighbors.
Oakville runs about 36 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Oakville 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 Oakville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 91% of residents in Oakville drive to work alone, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Oakville sits in the bottom quarter (about 13%, below 85% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Oakville are family households, above 78% of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with low high-school-completion share tend to turn out at a lower rate; Oakville, AL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Oakville looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 4% of homes in Oakville have more than one occupant per room, above 82% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Danville, AL R+78
- Penn, AL R+83
- Moulton, AL R+74
- Wren, AL R+77
- Oak Ridge, AL R+81
- Massey, AL R+80
- Trinity, AL R+68
- Masterson Mill, AL R+78
- Upshaw, AL R+85
- Inmanfield, AL R+87
Cities with Similar Populations
- Duane, VA R+30
- Maud, MO R+70
- Silver Lake, WV R+69
- Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base, CA R+18
- Brownville, KS R+83
- Lacour, LA R+26
- Okolona, OH R+61
- Elmwood, OK R+85
- Arnold, MI R+36
- Wheeless, OK R+86
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.