Desert Hills, Las Vegas, NV Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Desert Hills

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

Desert Hills leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.

 

About 47% of adults in Desert Hills typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Desert Hills, ~22% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~53% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Desert Hills compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Desert Hills is the most Republican-leaning.

Politically, Desert Hills sits close to the rest of Nevada.

Why Desert Hills 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 Desert Hills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in Desert Hills are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.

Population density and Republican lean

Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Desert Hills, Las Vegas, NV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Desert Hills looks the way it does

Turnout in Desert Hills sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. 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 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.