Stephen Creek is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Stephen Creek typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Stephen Creek, ~10% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Stephen Creek compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Stephen Creek leans more Republican than 23 of 32 neighbors.
Stephen Creek runs about 49 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Stephen Creek 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 Stephen Creek, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Stephen Creek are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Stephen Creek, TX sits below the national average 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 Stephen Creek looks the way it does
Turnout in Stephen Creek sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Coldspring, TX R+57
- Onalaska, TX R+63
- West Livingston, TX R+31
- Dodge, TX R+56
- Phelps, TX R+47
- West Tempe, TX R+65
- Sebastopol, TX R+68
Cities with Similar Populations
- Owings, WV R+63
- Lamasco, TX R+78
- Merwin, MO R+68
- Stockdale, OH R+63
- Corwith, IA R+52
- Engle Mill, MD R+52
- Wellman, TX R+81
- Soldier, IA R+49
- Trent Mill, VA R+18
- Verdery, SC R+25
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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.