Roane leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.
About 50% of adults in Roane typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Roane, ~17% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~50% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Roane compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Roane leans more Republican than 3 of 64 neighbors.
Roane runs about 19 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Roane. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+22) and the west side runs the most Republican (R+40), a spread of about 63 points.
Why Roane 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 Roane, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 84% of households in Roane are family households, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Roane sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 75% of cities).
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Roane, TX sits in the bottom quarter 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 Roane looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Roane is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The uninsured rate here is about 24%, about 5 points above the Texas average of 19%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 30% of households in Roane rent, above 84% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Peoria, IA R+50
- Burnsville, WV R+60
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- Ophir, GA R+68
- Lincolnville Center, ME R+18
- Malone, TX R+69
- Woodhull, WI R+43
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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.