Pleasant Grove leans heavily Democratic by roughly 42 points: about 71% of voters vote Democratic and 29% Republican.
About 77% of adults in Pleasant Grove typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pleasant Grove, ~55% vote Democratic, ~22% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pleasant Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pleasant Grove leans more Democratic than 71 of 80 neighbors.
Pleasant Grove runs about 72 points more Democratic than Alabama as a whole. Alabama leans Republican overall, while Pleasant Grove is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pleasant Grove. The south side runs the most Democratic (D+63) and the northwest side runs the most Republican (R+48), a spread of about 111 points.
Why Pleasant Grove 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 Pleasant Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Pleasant Grove is about 29%, about 43 points below the U.S. average of 72%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 33% of adults in Pleasant Grove have never been married, above 82% of cities. Pleasant Grove runs against the grain of Alabama, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Pleasant Grove, AL sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Pleasant Grove looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pleasant Grove 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 61%, about 8 points above the Alabama average of 54%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Dolomite, AL D+70
- McDonald Chapel, AL D+32
- Sylvan Springs, AL R+77
- Fairfield, AL D+89
- Midfield, AL D+85
- Hueytown, AL D+5
- Brighton, AL D+83
- Lipscomb, AL D+75
- Mulga, AL R+52
Cities with Similar Populations
- Woodbine, MD R+10
- Proctorville, OH R+51
- Wonder Lake, IL R+17
- Bardmoor, FL R+20
- Littleton, MA D+18
- Stokesdale, NC R+45
- Waggaman, LA D+42
- Hoquiam, WA R+5
- Barnhart, MO R+42
- Ware, MA R+5
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.