Powells Crossroads is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Powells Crossroads typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Powells Crossroads, ~9% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Powells Crossroads compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Powells Crossroads leans more Republican than 16 of 58 neighbors.
Powells Crossroads runs about 42 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Powells Crossroads 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 Powells Crossroads, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 91% of residents in Powells Crossroads drive to work alone, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Powells Crossroads are family households, above 78% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Powells Crossroads, AL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Powells Crossroads looks the way it does
Turnout in Powells Crossroads sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Powell, AL R+72
- Rainsville, AL R+75
- Shiloh, AL R+81
- Section, AL R+79
- Sylvania, AL R+77
- Dutton, AL R+81
- Fyffe, AL R+80
- Hodge, AL R+80
- Pine Ridge, AL R+69
- Groveoak, AL R+80
Cities with Similar Populations
- Pleasant Lake, MN R+27
- Worth, NY R+45
- South Rushford, MN R+31
- Ono, WI R+39
- Boswell, AR R+71
- Rock Mills, AL R+86
- King Lake, NE R+38
- Glenworth, PA R+42
- Plainfield, AR R+67
- Randall, KS R+76
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.