Wayside is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Wayside typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wayside, ~6% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wayside compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wayside leans more Republican than 9 of 10 neighbors.
Wayside runs about 67 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Wayside 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 Wayside, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Wayside live in densely developed areas, about 33 points below the Texas average of 35%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Wayside, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Wayside looks the way it does
Renters vote less often than owners. About 28% of households in Wayside rent, above 80% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Vigo Park, TX R+71
- Ogg, TX R+80
- Happy, TX R+79
- Claude, TX R+76
- Palisades, TX R+74
- Timbercreek Canyon, TX R+73
- Lake Tanglewood, TX R+72
- Canyon, TX R+52
- Tulia, TX R+43
Cities with Similar Populations
- Little Neck, MA D+31
- Little Turkey, IA R+44
- Lisbon Center, IL R+43
- Mount Palatine, IL R+44
- Dublin Mills, PA R+75
- Shaw, CO R+65
- Providence, VA R+41
- Happy, AR R+68
- Saline City, MO R+62
- Highland Beach, MD D+29
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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.