Southwest Ranches, FL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Southwest Ranches

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Southwest Ranches leans Republican by roughly 18 points: about 41% of voters vote Democratic and 59% Republican.

 

About 80% of adults in Southwest Ranches typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Southwest Ranches, ~33% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~20% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Southwest Ranches compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Southwest Ranches leans more Republican than 53 of 79 neighbors.

Southwest Ranches runs about 4 points more Republican than Florida as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Southwest Ranches. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+29) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+4), a spread of about 25 points.

Why Southwest Ranches 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 Southwest Ranches, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Southwest Ranches votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 91%, far above the Florida average of 57%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 87% of households in Southwest Ranches are family households, above 98% of cities.

Homeownership and voter turnout

Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Southwest Ranches, FL sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Southwest Ranches looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 94% of households in Southwest Ranches own their home, about 23 points above the Florida average of 71%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Southwest Ranches sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Southwest Ranches have completed high school, above 84% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Florida Division of Elections, 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.