St. Augustine leans heavily Republican by roughly 40 points: about 30% of voters vote Democratic and 70% Republican.
About 72% of adults in St. Augustine typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in St. Augustine, ~22% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How St. Augustine compares
Among cities within 25 miles, St. Augustine leans more Republican than 97 of 119 neighbors.
St. Augustine runs about 70 points more Republican than Maryland as a whole. Maryland leans Democratic overall, while St. Augustine is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why St. Augustine 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 St. Augustine, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
St. Augustine votes against the grain of Maryland. Maryland leans Democratic overall, while St. Augustine runs about 70 points more Republican.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; St. Augustine, MD sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in St. Augustine looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 98% of adults in St. Augustine have completed high school, about 7 points above the Maryland average of 91%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Chesapeake City, MD R+40
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- Warwick, MD R+38
- Hack Point, MD R+45
- Middletown, DE D+16
- Cecilton, MD R+37
- Glasgow, DE D+24
- Sassafras, MD R+34
- Kirkwood, DE D+29
- Earleville, MD R+47
Cities with Similar Populations
- Caledonia, ND R+39
- Radnor, IN R+59
- Weston, ME R+45
- Cowles, NE R+71
- Danburg, GA R+43
- Winona, AZ R+5
- Dudley, WI R+40
- Dry Pond, GA R+70
- Dorrance, KS R+71
- Elliston, IN R+52
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Maryland State Board 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.