Speed is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 90% of adults in Speed typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Speed, ~14% vote Democratic, ~76% Republican, and ~10% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Speed compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Speed leans more Republican than 25 of 44 neighbors.
Speed runs about 37 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Speed 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 Speed, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Speed live in densely developed areas, about 16 points below the Alabama average of 19%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Speed, AL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Speed looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 94% of households in Speed own their home, about 16 points above the Alabama average of 78%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Speed have completed high school, above 90% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Hissop, AL R+40
- Lightwood, AL R+79
- Titus, AL R+78
- Equality, AL R+70
- Rockford, AL R+52
- Cottage Grove, AL D+45
- Nixburg, AL R+41
- Seman, AL R+68
- Holtville, AL R+59
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zortman, MT R+59
- Sea Island, GA R+37
- Grimes, OK R+83
- Wabash, NE R+45
- New Waverly, IN R+54
- Embudo, NM D+20
- Black, MO R+70
- Newgulf, TX R+54
- Trap, NC D+8
- Silver Sands Beach, ID R+65
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Alabama Secretary of State, 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.