Whitharral is a Republican stronghold. About 9% of voters here vote Democratic and 91% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Whitharral typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Whitharral, ~6% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Whitharral compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Whitharral is the most Republican-leaning.
Whitharral runs about 68 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Whitharral 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 Whitharral, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 85% of residents in Whitharral drive to work alone, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Whitharral are family households, above 90% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Whitharral, TX sits in the bottom quarter nationally 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 Whitharral looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Whitharral 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.
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- Pettit, TX R+81
- Anton, TX R+57
- Oklahoma Flat, TX R+76
- Littlefield, TX R+45
- Smyer, TX R+81
- Pep, TX R+79
Cities with Similar Populations
- McCoysburg, IN R+63
- Bryants Store, KY R+75
- Jonathan, ID R+60
- New Willard, TX R+33
- Leipsig, WI R+37
- Templeman, VA D+7
- Oxbow, NY R+45
- Tabor, MN R+51
- Ricketts, IA R+60
- Wilsondale, WV R+71
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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.