Plum is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 82% of adults in Plum typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Plum, ~13% vote Democratic, ~69% Republican, and ~18% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Plum compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Plum leans more Republican than 32 of 47 neighbors.
Plum runs about 54 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Plum 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 Plum, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Plum are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Plum, TX sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Plum looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 98% of households in Plum own their home, about 24 points above the Texas average of 75%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Plum sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Rabbs Prairie, TX R+67
- Muldoon, TX R+68
- Swiss Alp, TX R+71
- Stellar, TX R+67
- Freyburg, TX R+72
Cities with Similar Populations
- Redland, OK R+65
- Roxbury, KS R+57
- Little Washington, OH R+50
- Lynn Center, IL R+36
- Morris, GA Even
- Salem, TX R+72
- Bluffton, TX R+68
- Brooksdale, NC R+24
- Newby, TX R+69
- Hamon, TX R+75
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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.