Paluxy is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 70% of adults in Paluxy typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Paluxy, ~7% vote Democratic, ~63% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Paluxy compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Paluxy is the most Republican-leaning.
Paluxy runs about 67 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Paluxy 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 Paluxy, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Paluxy are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Paluxy, TX sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Paluxy looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Paluxy have completed high school, about 10 points above the Texas average of 86%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Granbury, TX R+61
- Selden, TX R+75
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Cities with Similar Populations
- Leroy, OK R+63
- Orchard, TX R+36
- Petersburg, OH R+48
- Oak Grove, AR R+67
- Monterey, MA D+55
- Bluffton, MN R+60
- Lulu, MI R+45
- Tebbetts, MO R+57
- Washington, VT R+25
- Cushman, AR R+64
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.