Pitner Junction is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 44% of adults in Pitner Junction typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pitner Junction, ~8% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~56% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pitner Junction compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pitner Junction leans more Republican than 19 of 49 neighbors.
Pitner Junction runs about 47 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pitner Junction. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+63) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+50), a spread of about 13 points.
Why Pitner Junction 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 Pitner Junction, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 87% of residents in Pitner Junction drive to work alone, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Pitner Junction are family households, above 86% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Pitner Junction, 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 Pitner Junction looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Pitner Junction is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 77% of adults in Pitner Junction have completed high school, below 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Pirtle, TX R+38
- New London, TX R+67
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- Laird Hill, TX R+61
- Liberty City, TX R+67
- Kilgore, TX R+52
- Turnertown, TX R+60
- Joinerville, TX R+69
- Wright City, TX R+64
- Danville, TX R+65
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zap, ND R+76
- Parr, IN R+58
- Prosperity, FL R+81
- Clifford, KY R+76
- Limerock, NY R+30
- Mecca, TX R+74
- Chapman, WV R+66
- Shirley, WI R+37
- Clifford, VA R+53
- Walnut, NC R+41
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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.