Caliente is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Caliente typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Caliente, ~13% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Caliente compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Caliente is the least Republican-leaning.
Caliente runs about 57 points more Republican than Nevada as a whole.
Why Caliente 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 Caliente, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. Fewer than 1% of residents in Caliente live in densely developed areas, about 44 points below the Nevada average of 44%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Caliente, NV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Caliente looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Caliente have completed high school, about 8 points above the Nevada average of 89%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Enterprise, UT R+75
Cities with Similar Populations
- Marvell, AR Even
- Sycamore, AL R+51
- Kynesville, FL R+60
- Crystal Lake Park, MO R+6
- Sodus Point, NY R+14
- Burlington, IL R+37
- Crandall, IN R+49
- Coulee City, WA R+42
- Kernstown, VA R+25
- Hurtsboro, AL D+50
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Nevada 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.