Union City is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 51% of adults in Union City typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Union City, ~8% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~49% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Union City compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Union City leans more Republican than 19 of 25 neighbors.
Union City runs about 21 points more Republican than Oklahoma as a whole.
Why Union City 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 Union City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 79% of households in Union City are family households, about 12 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; Union City, OK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Union City looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Union City is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 10% of homes in Union City have more than one occupant per room, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Minco, OK R+67
- El Reno, OK R+34
- Mustang, OK R+39
- Concho, OK R+39
- Yukon, OK R+34
- Tuttle, OK R+63
- Bridge Creek, OK R+61
- Pocasset, OK R+71
- Bethany, OK R+5
Cities with Similar Populations
- New Sharon, IA R+52
- Sunray, TX R+61
- St. Ansgar, IA R+34
- Morgan, GA D+5
- McDavid, FL R+67
- Irving, MI R+38
- Sundance, WY R+69
- Shell Rock, IA R+39
- Pembroke, KY R+50
- Dublin, PA R+8
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Oklahoma State Election Board, 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.