Wellman is a Republican stronghold. About 9% of voters here vote Democratic and 91% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Wellman typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wellman, ~5% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wellman compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wellman leans more Republican than 10 of 11 neighbors.
Wellman runs about 67 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Wellman 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 Wellman, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 90% of households in Wellman are family households, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Wellman sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 77% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Wellman, TX sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Wellman looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Wellman is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 47%, about 7 points below the Texas average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 37% of households in Wellman rent, above 92% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 63% of adults in Wellman have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Tokio, TX R+72
- Welch, TX R+82
- New Moore, TX R+75
- Denver City, TX R+57
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lamasco, TX R+78
- Verdery, SC R+25
- Okreek, SD D+27
- Chandler Heights, AZ R+20
- Stockdale, OH R+63
- Bragg City, MO R+70
- Klingville, MI R+15
- Poplar Branch, NC R+49
- Harper, IA R+51
- Castana, IA R+49
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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.