Red Bluff leans heavily Republican by roughly 42 points: about 29% of voters vote Democratic and 71% Republican.
About 33% of adults in Red Bluff typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Red Bluff, ~10% vote Democratic, ~23% Republican, and ~67% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Red Bluff compares
Red Bluff sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable cities nearby.
Red Bluff runs about 28 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Red Bluff. The north side is the most Republican-leaning (R+51) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+17), a spread of about 34 points.
Why Red Bluff 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 Red Bluff, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 4% of adults in Red Bluff hold a bachelor's degree, about 22 points below the Texas average of 26%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Red Bluff, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Red Bluff looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Red Bluff 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 41%, about 13 points below the Texas average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 68% of adults in Red Bluff have completed high school, below 98% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Red Bluff sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Loving, NM R+38
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- Whites City, NM R+73
- La Huerta, NM R+66
- Carlsbad, NM R+43
- Carlsbad North, NM R+55
- West Carlsbad, NM R+66
- Toyah, TX R+50
Cities with Similar Populations
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- Patchinville, PA R+69
- Moody, OR D+28
- Melrose, VA R+41
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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.