Orange Beach is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 83% of adults in Orange Beach typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Orange Beach, ~18% vote Democratic, ~65% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Orange Beach compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Orange Beach leans more Republican than 15 of 29 neighbors.
Orange Beach runs about 25 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Orange Beach. The north side is the most Republican-leaning (R+79) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+45), a spread of about 34 points.
Why Orange Beach 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 Orange Beach, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Orange Beach votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 38%, well above the Alabama average of 19%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Orange Beach, AL sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Orange Beach looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Orange Beach 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Orange Beach have completed high school, above 91% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Josephine, AL R+75
- Miflin, AL R+69
- Perdido Beach, AL R+69
- Elberta, AL R+75
- Gulf Shores, AL R+52
- Bon Secour, AL R+59
- Foley, AL R+49
- Lillian, AL R+66
- Ocean Springs, FL R+42
Cities with Similar Populations
- Orange, VA R+30
- Prairie View, TX D+47
- Farmington, AR R+22
- Whiteriver, AZ D+50
- Mascoutah, IL R+25
- Sheffield, AL R+19
- Stayton, OR R+13
- Corrales, NM D+13
- Edcouch, TX R+3
- Elma, NY R+26
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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.