Upshaw is a Republican stronghold. About 7% of voters here vote Democratic and 93% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Upshaw typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Upshaw, ~4% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Upshaw compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Upshaw leans more Republican than 40 of 48 neighbors.
Upshaw runs about 55 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Upshaw 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 Upshaw, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 88% of residents in Upshaw drive to work alone, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Upshaw sits in the bottom quarter (about 9%, below 94% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Upshaw are family households, above 86% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Upshaw, AL sits below the national average on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Upshaw looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 8% of homes in Upshaw have more than one occupant per room, above 95% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 80% of adults in Upshaw have completed high school, below 91% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Inmanfield, AL R+87
- New Georgia, AL R+86
- Addison, AL R+86
- Penn, AL R+83
- Massey, AL R+80
- Oakville, AL R+67
- Moreland, AL R+88
- Danville, AL R+78
- West Point, AL R+83
- Logan, AL R+85
Cities with Similar Populations
- Missler, KS R+69
- Zoe, KY R+65
- Sanger, ND R+62
- Center Hill, TN R+74
- Palermo, KS R+59
- East Point, LA R+16
- Naples, IL R+62
- Emery Mill, TN R+70
- Sunnyside, FL R+13
- Eileen, IL R+25
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Alabama Secretary of State, 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.