Sweet Home is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Sweet Home typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sweet Home, ~9% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sweet Home compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sweet Home leans more Republican than 22 of 37 neighbors.
Sweet Home runs about 58 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Sweet Home. The south side is the most Republican-leaning (R+80) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+69), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Sweet Home 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 Sweet Home, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 14% of adults in Sweet Home hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the Texas average of 26%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Sweet Home, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Sweet Home looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Sweet Home is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 82% of adults in Sweet Home have completed high school, below 88% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Sweet Home sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Yoakum, TX R+55
- Koerth, TX R+75
- Worthing, TX R+72
- Petersville, TX R+69
- Wied, TX R+76
- Williamsburg, TX R+74
- Shiner, TX R+65
- Hope, TX R+80
- Terryville, TX R+69
- Pearl City, TX R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- Pine Ridge, OR R+37
- West Kaysville, UT R+47
- Jerome, MO R+60
- Eaton, TN R+71
- East Otisfield, ME R+25
- Burr Oak, IN R+53
- Winona, KS R+79
- Redlawn, TX R+51
- Empeyville, NY R+54
- Mazarn, AR R+71
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.