Piney Woods is a Republican stronghold. About 6% of voters here vote Democratic and 94% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Piney Woods typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Piney Woods, ~4% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Piney Woods compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Piney Woods leans more Republican than 63 of 68 neighbors.
Piney Woods runs about 58 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Piney Woods 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 Piney Woods, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Piney Woods, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Piney Woods sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 82% of cities).
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Piney Woods, AL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Piney Woods looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 21% of adults in Piney Woods report food insecurity, above 82% of cities. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Piney Woods sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Fruithurst, AL R+88
- Steadman, GA R+84
- Muscadine, AL R+89
- Tallapoosa, GA R+75
- Edwardsville, AL R+77
- Vigo, AL R+76
- Tecumseh, AL R+84
Cities with Similar Populations
- Nemaha, IA R+51
- Kelton, SC R+57
- Fence, WI R+52
- Coyote, NM D+22
- Corona, NM R+54
- South Poultney, VT R+24
- Klau, CA R+19
- Rush River, MN R+45
- Bingley, NY R+10
- Milo, IN R+56
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.