Travis leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.
About 69% of adults in Travis typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Travis, ~31% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~31% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Travis compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Travis leans more Republican than 10 of 29 neighbors.
Travis runs about 7 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Travis. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+41) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+9), a spread of about 33 points.
Why Travis 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 Travis, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 86% of households in Travis are family households, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a low never-married share and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Travis, NC does.
Why turnout in Travis looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Travis is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- River Neck, NC D+4
- Columbia, NC D+3
- New Lands, NC R+41
- Pleasant View, NC R+40
- Creswell, NC R+24
- Mount Tabor, NC R+22
- Soundside, NC D+4
- Goat Neck, NC D+4
- Roper, NC D+8
- Burgess, NC R+46
Cities with Similar Populations
- Adams, KY R+71
- Nicasio, CA D+47
- Roll, IN R+62
- Hickory Flat, TN R+69
- Windsor, NJ D+6
- Mecklenburg, NY D+3
- Bosworth, MO R+69
- Jerusalem, AR R+60
- Phillipston Four Corners, MA R+24
- Delrose, TX R+69
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from North Carolina 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.