Shavano Park leans slightly Republican by roughly 8 points: about 46% of voters vote Democratic and 54% Republican.
About 76% of adults in Shavano Park typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shavano Park, ~35% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Shavano Park compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Shavano Park leans more Republican than 17 of 47 neighbors.
Shavano Park runs about 5 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Shavano Park. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (D+4) and the south side runs the most Republican (R+13), a spread of about 17 points.
Why Shavano Park 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 Shavano Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Shavano Park votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 79%, far above the Texas average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Shavano Park are family households, above 75% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Shavano Park, TX sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Shavano Park looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Shavano Park is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Shavano Park have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Hill Country Village, TX R+26
- Hollywood Park, TX R+21
- Castle Hills, TX D+3
- Balcones Heights, TX D+26
- Leon Valley, TX D+11
- Helotes, TX R+8
- San Antonio, TX D+4
- Grey Forest, TX R+20
- Timberwood Park, TX R+15
- Olmos Park, TX D+8
Cities with Similar Populations
- Montauk, NY D+7
- Monroe, IA R+18
- Clendenin, WV R+62
- Vanceburg, KY R+65
- Mooringsport, LA R+65
- Enon, VA D+9
- Rogers City, MI R+28
- Cross, SC D+12
- Lake George, NY R+2
- Irrigon, OR R+41
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.