Tierra Linda, San Antonio, TX Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Tierra Linda

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Tierra Linda leans heavily Democratic by roughly 32 points: about 66% of voters vote Democratic and 34% Republican.

 

About 40% of adults in Tierra Linda typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Tierra Linda, ~27% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~59% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Tierra Linda compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Tierra Linda leans more Democratic than 8 of 23 neighbors.

Tierra Linda runs about 46 points more Democratic than Texas as a whole. Texas leans Republican overall, while Tierra Linda is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Why Tierra Linda 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 Tierra Linda, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Tierra Linda live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. Tierra Linda runs against the grain of Texas, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Tierra Linda, San Antonio, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Tierra Linda looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Tierra Linda is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 38%, about 16 points below the Texas average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 65% of adults in Tierra Linda have completed high school, below 97% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Tierra Linda sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.