Cartwright, Phoenix, AZ Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Cartwright

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Cartwright leans heavily Democratic by roughly 36 points: about 68% of voters vote Democratic and 32% Republican.

 

About 31% of adults in Cartwright typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cartwright, ~21% vote Democratic, ~10% Republican, and ~69% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Cartwright compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Cartwright is the most Democratic-leaning.

Cartwright runs about 41 points more Democratic than Arizona as a whole. Arizona leans Republican overall, while Cartwright is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Cartwright. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+42) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+28), a spread of about 14 points.

Why Cartwright leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Cartwright, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Cartwright votes against the grain of Arizona. Arizona leans Republican overall, while Cartwright runs about 41 points more Democratic. Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting, and non-Hispanic white share in Cartwright is about 11%, compared to around 26% in nearby neighborhoods. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 47% of adults in Cartwright have never been married, above 77% of neighborhoods.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Cartwright, Phoenix, AZ sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Cartwright looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Cartwright 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 42%, about 12 points below the Arizona average of 54%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 34% of adults in Cartwright report food insecurity, above 87% of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 68% of adults in Cartwright have completed high school, below 96% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Arizona 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.