Palm Beach, FL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Palm Beach

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Palm Beach leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.

 

About 77% of adults in Palm Beach typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Palm Beach, ~32% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Palm Beach compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Palm Beach leans more Republican than 27 of 41 neighbors.

Politically, Palm Beach sits close to the rest of Florida.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Palm Beach. The north side is the most Republican-leaning (R+28) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+6), a spread of about 22 points.

Why Palm 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 Palm Beach, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Palm Beach votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 41%, well below the Florida average of 57%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Palm Beach, FL sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Palm Beach looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Palm 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 78%, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Palm Beach have completed high school, above 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Florida Division of 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.