Paris, TX Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Paris

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

Paris leans Republican by roughly 30 points: about 35% of voters vote Democratic and 65% Republican.

 

About 61% of adults in Paris typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Paris, ~21% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Paris compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Paris is the least Republican-leaning.

Paris runs about 16 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Paris. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+2) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (R+47), a spread of about 50 points.

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

Paris votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 58%, well above the Texas average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.

Homeownership and voter turnout

Places with renter-heavy households tend to turn out at a lower rate; Paris, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Paris looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Paris is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 50%, about 10 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 45% of households in Paris rent, compared to around 18% in nearby 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 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.