Pretty Bayou, FL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Pretty Bayou

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Pretty Bayou leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.

 

About 83% of adults in Pretty Bayou typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pretty Bayou, ~28% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Pretty Bayou compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Pretty Bayou leans more Republican than 5 of 21 neighbors.

Pretty Bayou runs about 19 points more Republican than Florida as a whole.

Why Pretty Bayou 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 Pretty Bayou, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Pretty Bayou votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 53%, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.

Park access and Republican lean

Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Pretty Bayou, FL 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 Pretty Bayou looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pretty Bayou 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 67%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Pretty Bayou have completed high school, above 90% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Florida Division of 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.