Plainview leans heavily Republican by roughly 40 points: about 30% of voters vote Democratic and 70% Republican.
About 48% of adults in Plainview typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Plainview, ~14% vote Democratic, ~34% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Plainview compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Plainview is the least Republican-leaning.
Plainview runs about 26 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Plainview. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+67) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+24), a spread of about 43 points.
Why Plainview 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 Plainview, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Plainview votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 71%, far above the Texas average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Plainview, 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 Plainview looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Plainview 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 45%, about 9 points below the Texas average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 44% of households in Plainview rent, compared to around 21% in nearby cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 74% of adults in Plainview have completed high school, below 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Seth Ward, TX R+65
- Happy Union, TX R+68
- Hale Center, TX R+42
- Edmonson, TX R+78
- Kress, TX R+50
- Halfway, TX R+79
- Lockney, TX R+54
- Sandhill, TX R+72
Cities with Similar Populations
- Waverly, MI D+25
- Saginaw, TX R+20
- Kaukauna, WI R+24
- Blackfoot, ID R+55
- King George, VA R+23
- North Kingstown, RI D+13
- Zachary, LA Even
- Conover, NC R+39
- Fort Walton Beach, FL R+27
- Munster, IN D+6
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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.