Tarzan is a Republican stronghold. About 9% of voters here vote Democratic and 91% Republican.
About 50% of adults in Tarzan typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Tarzan, ~4% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~50% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Tarzan compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Tarzan leans more Republican than 5 of 10 neighbors.
Tarzan runs about 67 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Tarzan 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 Tarzan, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 81% of households in Tarzan are family households, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Tarzan, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Tarzan looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Tarzan 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 84% of adults in Tarzan have completed high school, below 84% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Tarzan sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lenorah, TX R+78
- Stanton, TX R+65
- Three Leagues, TX R+81
- Patricia, TX R+82
- Knott, TX R+85
- Spraberry, TX R+82
- Midland, TX R+46
- Sparenberg, TX R+77
- Lomax, TX R+82
- Ackerly, TX R+80
Cities with Similar Populations
- Beaverlick, KY R+51
- Spring Lake, WI R+35
- La Salle, TX R+68
- Meadow, UT R+74
- Murraysville, SC R+14
- Mystic, KY R+62
- Pratt, MO R+74
- Portage, ME R+42
- Elberta, MI R+8
- Centerfield, NY R+7
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.