Pickett is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Pickett typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pickett, ~9% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pickett compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pickett leans more Republican than 37 of 54 neighbors.
Pickett runs about 55 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pickett. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+69) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+40), a spread of about 29 points.
Why Pickett 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 Pickett, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 9% of adults in Pickett hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 points below the Texas average of 26%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 85% of residents in Pickett drive to work alone, above 81% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Pickett are family households, above 76% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Pickett, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Pickett looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Pickett 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 42%, about 12 points below the Texas average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 81% of adults in Pickett have completed high school, below 88% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Retreat, TX R+69
- Angus, TX R+69
- Oak Valley, TX R+56
- Corbet, TX R+64
- Navarro, TX R+69
- Corsicana, TX R+16
- Pursley, TX R+61
- Silver City, TX R+70
- Mildred, TX R+68
- Richland, TX R+42
Cities with Similar Populations
- Aguilar, CO R+9
- Montgomery, GA R+27
- Tuftonboro, NH R+32
- Uswick, PA R+42
- Ute, IA R+53
- Salem Heights, IN R+43
- Neier, MO R+63
- June Lake, CA D+16
- Cumberland Heights, TN R+70
- Sleeper, MO R+70
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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.