The Ws leans slightly Republican by roughly 8 points: about 46% of voters vote Democratic and 54% Republican.
About 58% of adults in The Ws typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in The Ws, ~27% vote Democratic, ~31% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How The Ws compares
The Ws runs about 5 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within The Ws. The south side is the most split-leaning (R+14) and the northwest side is the least split-leaning (Even), a spread of about 13 points.
Why The Ws leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for The Ws, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in The Ws are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; The Ws, The Colony, TX sits below the national average on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in The Ws looks the way it does
Turnout in The Ws sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Northeast Dallas, Carrollton, TX D+4
- The Canal on Preston, Plano, TX D+8
- North Central Dallas, Carrollton, TX D+8
- Far North Dallas-Carrollton, Carrollton, TX D+11
- Northwest Dallas, Dallas, TX D+11
- Central Carrollton, Carrollton, TX D+8
- Southwest Carrollton, Carrollton, TX D+13
- Far North Dallas, Dallas, TX D+21
- Original Town, Carrollton, TX D+13
- Craig Ranch North, McKinney, TX R+4
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Hudson Avenue Historic District, Newark, OH R+24
- Golden Gate, Emeryville, CA D+81
- Forest Trails, Jacksonville, FL D+49
- Evergreen, Everett, WA D+7
- Bartolo Square North, Oxnard, CA D+39
- Shore Acres, Staten Island, NY R+16
- McKnight, Springfield, MA D+55
- Captain John Mullan, Missoula, MT D+12
- Willamette-West Linn, West Linn, OR D+31
- Bennington, Vancouver, WA D+19
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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.