Rolling Meadows is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Rolling Meadows typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rolling Meadows, ~11% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rolling Meadows compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rolling Meadows leans more Republican than 20 of 50 neighbors.
Rolling Meadows runs about 48 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Rolling Meadows 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 Rolling Meadows, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rolling Meadows votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 25%, modestly below the Texas average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Rolling Meadows, TX does.
Why turnout in Rolling Meadows looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Rolling Meadows 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 49%, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 34% of households in Rolling Meadows rent, above 89% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 84% of adults in Rolling Meadows have completed high school, below 82% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Liberty City, TX R+67
- Lakeport, TX D+27
- Longview, TX R+25
- White Oak, TX R+71
- Pirtle, TX R+38
- Clarksville City, TX R+72
- Monroe, TX R+64
Cities with Similar Populations
- Altona, IN R+53
- Roosevelt City, NJ R+40
- Chalybeate, PA R+60
- Lone Pine, LA R+70
- Coyville, KS R+68
- Middlepoint, MD R+23
- Suttons, SC D+14
- Wayne, MT R+50
- Jenkins, IL R+53
- Muir Beach, CA D+46
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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.