Pike Road leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.
About 82% of adults in Pike Road typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pike Road, ~39% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~18% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pike Road compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pike Road leans more Republican than 12 of 52 neighbors.
Pike Road runs about 24 points more Democratic than Alabama as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pike Road. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (D+17) and the north side runs the most Republican (R+26), a spread of about 43 points.
Why Pike Road 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 Pike Road, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Pike Road votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 42%, well above the Alabama average of 19%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Pike Road are family households, above 91% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Pike Road, AL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Pike Road looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pike Road 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Pike Road have completed high school, above 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Merry, AL R+9
- Cecil, AL R+23
- Perrys Mill, AL R+18
- Brassell, AL D+53
- Emerald Mountain, AL R+59
- Ware, AL R+48
- Mathews, AL R+21
- Montgomery, AL D+44
- Mount Meigs, AL D+10
Cities with Similar Populations
- Blackshear, GA R+68
- Bloomingdale, FL R+15
- Live Oak, TX D+5
- Vermilion, OH R+22
- Lafollette, TN R+64
- New Cassel, NY D+46
- Norwalk, IA R+19
- Edgewater, NJ D+29
- Aptos, CA D+42
- Azalea Park, FL D+9
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.