Phillipsville is a Republican stronghold. About 6% of voters here vote Democratic and 94% Republican.
About 52% of adults in Phillipsville typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Phillipsville, ~3% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Phillipsville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Phillipsville is the most Republican-leaning.
Phillipsville runs about 58 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Phillipsville 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 Phillipsville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Phillipsville live in densely developed areas, about 15 points below the Alabama average of 19%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Phillipsville sits in the bottom quarter (about 14%, below 80% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 89% of households in Phillipsville are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Phillipsville, AL sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Phillipsville looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 5% of homes in Phillipsville have more than one occupant per room, above 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Walnut Hill, FL R+62
- Bay Minette, AL R+35
- Enon, FL R+62
- Perdido, AL R+81
- Rabun, AL R+78
- Carpenter, AL R+68
- Whitehouse Forks, AL R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- Jesse, WV R+69
- Palmetto, MD D+29
- Correll, MN R+41
- Violet, TX R+32
- Mount Landing, VA Even
- Maud, KY R+54
- Odessa, MN R+42
- McCallum, MS R+42
- Coral, PA R+37
- Syringa, ID R+44
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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.