Tall Timbers leans Republican by roughly 22 points: about 39% of voters vote Democratic and 61% Republican.
About 83% of adults in Tall Timbers typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Tall Timbers, ~32% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Tall Timbers compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Tall Timbers leans more Republican than 41 of 91 neighbors.
Tall Timbers runs about 50 points more Republican than Maryland as a whole. Maryland leans Democratic overall, while Tall Timbers is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Tall Timbers 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 Tall Timbers, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Tall Timbers votes against the grain of Maryland. Maryland leans Democratic overall, while Tall Timbers runs about 50 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 83% of households in Tall Timbers are family households, above 94% of cities.
Food insecurity and voter turnout
Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Tall Timbers, MD sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.
Why turnout in Tall Timbers looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Tall Timbers 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Piney Point, MD R+23
- Valley Lee, MD R+14
- Drayden, MD R+18
- St. Marys City, MD R+4
- Callaway, MD R+18
- Park Hall, MD D+4
- St. Inigoes, MD R+14
- Tucker Hill, VA D+8
- White Point Beach, MD R+24
- Lexington Park, MD D+21
Cities with Similar Populations
- Pine Mountain Valley, GA R+52
- Water Valley, KY R+72
- Grandin, MO R+72
- Polkville, NC R+61
- Hancock, NC R+11
- Wells, VT R+23
- Alburnett, IA R+34
- Garwood, TX R+67
- Ellwood, CA D+37
- La Crosse, IN R+45
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.