Pecan Plantation, TX Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Pecan Plantation

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

Pecan Plantation is a Republican stronghold. About 23% of voters here vote Democratic and 77% Republican.

 

About more than 99% of adults in Pecan Plantation typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pecan Plantation, ~24% vote Democratic, ~79% Republican, and ~-3% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Pecan Plantation compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Pecan Plantation leans more Republican than 5 of 30 neighbors.

Pecan Plantation runs about 40 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pecan Plantation. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+67) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+50), a spread of about 17 points.

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

Pecan Plantation votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 50%, well above the Texas average of 35%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Pecan Plantation are family households, above 91% of cities.

Park access and Republican lean

Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Pecan Plantation, 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 Pecan Plantation looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pecan Plantation 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 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 96% of households in Pecan Plantation own their home, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Pecan Plantation have completed high school, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.