Deschutes River Woods leans slightly Republican by roughly 14 points: about 43% of voters vote Democratic and 57% Republican.
About 85% of adults in Deschutes River Woods typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Deschutes River Woods, ~37% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Deschutes River Woods compares
Deschutes River Woods runs about 27 points more Republican than Oregon as a whole. Oregon leans Democratic overall, while Deschutes River Woods is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Deschutes River Woods. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+8) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+24), a spread of about 32 points.
Why Deschutes River Woods 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 Deschutes River Woods, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Deschutes River Woods sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 79% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 72%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Deschutes River Woods are family households, above 78% of neighborhoods. Deschutes River Woods runs against the grain of Oregon, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Deschutes River Woods, Bend, OR sits in the bottom tenth 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 Deschutes River Woods looks the way it does
Turnout in Deschutes River Woods sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Hadwen Park, Worcester, MA D+20
- Mooretown and Hollywood Heights, Shreveport, LA D+90
- Parkway and Cherry Point, Lubbock, TX D+54
- Pecan Springs Springdale, Austin, TX D+69
- South Bank, Oxnard, CA D+30
- Chambers Heights, Aurora, CO D+28
- University, Buffalo, NY D+52
- Jefferson-Carl Ben, Fargo, ND D+4
- Boal, Chula Vista, CA D+23
- West Woods, Golden, CO D+17
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Oregon 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.