Punkin Center is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 47% of adults in Punkin Center typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Punkin Center, ~9% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~53% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Punkin Center compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Punkin Center leans more Republican than 2 of 13 neighbors.
Punkin Center runs about 47 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Punkin Center. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+82) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+39), a spread of about 44 points.
Why Punkin Center 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 Punkin Center, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 83% of households in Punkin Center are family households, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a high uninsured rate tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Punkin Center, TX does.
Why turnout in Punkin Center looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Punkin Center 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 43%, about 11 points below the Texas average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 67% of adults in Punkin Center have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lamesa, TX R+44
- Los Ybanez, TX R+41
- Mungerville, TX R+79
- Patricia, TX R+82
- Sparenberg, TX R+77
- Key, TX R+77
- Sand, TX R+82
- Welch, TX R+82
- Ackerly, TX R+80
Cities with Similar Populations
- Motters, MD R+55
- Cordelia, CA Even
- Turner, AR R+34
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.