Sun City Center, FL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Sun City Center

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

Sun City Center leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.

 

About 82% of adults in Sun City Center typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sun City Center, ~37% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~18% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Sun City Center compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Sun City Center leans more Republican than 20 of 54 neighbors.

Politically, Sun City Center sits close to the rest of Florida.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Sun City Center. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+12) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+21), a spread of about 33 points.

Why Sun City Center 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 Sun City Center, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Sun City Center votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 62%, modestly above the Florida average of 57%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Sun City Center, FL sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Sun City Center looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Sun City Center 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 62%, about 5 points above the Florida average of 56%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.