Santa Fe leans slightly Republican by roughly 8 points: about 46% of voters vote Democratic and 54% Republican.
About 32% of adults in Santa Fe typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Santa Fe, ~15% vote Democratic, ~18% Republican, and ~67% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Santa Fe compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Santa Fe is the most Republican-leaning.
Santa Fe runs about 6 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole.
Why Santa Fe leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Santa Fe, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 12% of adults in Santa Fe hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points below the Texas average of 26%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 86% of households in Santa Fe are family households, above 94% of neighborhoods.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Santa Fe, Laredo, 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 Santa Fe looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Santa Fe 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 39%, about 14 points below the Texas average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 66% of adults in Santa Fe have completed high school, below 96% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Santa Fe sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Santo Nino, Laredo, TX D+7
- Heights, Laredo, TX D+11
- El Trece, Laredo, TX D+13
- Las Lomas, Laredo, TX D+12
- Ghost Town, Laredo, TX D+8
- Las Cruces, Laredo, TX D+12
- Calton Gardens, Laredo, TX D+9
- San Isidro, Laredo, TX R+9
- Medina, Zapata, TX Even
- Doffing, Mission, TX R+5
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Parkview, Oklahoma City, OK D+25
- Bramalea, Boca Raton, FL Even
- Bloomingdale, Fort Wayne, IN D+3
- Skyland Park, Mobile, AL R+27
- Central Ave, Albany, NY D+66
- Oakwell Farms, San Antonio, TX D+18
- Colonicaltown North, Orlando, FL D+39
- Park Place, Mobile, AL D+5
- Rattlesnake, Tampa, FL R+3
- Gorgas, Mobile, AL D+90
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.