Tiki Island, TX Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Tiki Island

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

Tiki Island leans heavily Republican by roughly 48 points: about 26% of voters vote Democratic and 74% Republican.

 

About 82% of adults in Tiki Island typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Tiki Island, ~21% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~18% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Tiki Island compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Tiki Island leans more Republican than 21 of 25 neighbors.

Tiki Island runs about 34 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.

Why Tiki Island 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 Tiki Island, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Tiki Island votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 32%, above 81% of cities). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Tiki Island, TX sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Tiki Island looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Tiki Island 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 67%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 95% of households in Tiki Island own their home, compared to around 72% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Tiki Island have completed high school, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.