Taff is a Republican stronghold. About 9% of voters here vote Democratic and 91% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Taff typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Taff, ~6% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Taff compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Taff leans more Republican than 65 of 70 neighbors.
Taff runs about 52 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Taff 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 Taff, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Taff, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the Alabama average of 20%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Taff, AL sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Taff looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Taff sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 87% of adults in Taff have completed high school, below 74% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Congo, AL R+83
- Watson, AL R+82
- Gaylesville, AL R+80
- Jamestown, AL R+80
- Fullerton, AL R+80
- Cornwall Furnace, AL R+71
- Loveless, AL R+78
- Cedar Bluff, AL R+74
- Lawrence, AL R+74
- Fort Payne, AL R+63
Cities with Similar Populations
- Allouez, MI R+9
- Spring Grove, MD R+26
- Foster City, MI R+40
- Melvin, TX R+76
- Vaucluse, VA R+28
- Esbon, KS R+76
- Requa, CA R+13
- Dell, MN R+46
- Lincoln Estates, IL R+12
- New Floodwood, OH R+41
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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.