Eldorado leans heavily Republican by roughly 50 points: about 25% of voters vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Eldorado typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Eldorado, ~16% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Eldorado compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Eldorado leans more Republican than 86 of 98 neighbors.
Eldorado runs about 78 points more Republican than Maryland as a whole. Maryland leans Democratic overall, while Eldorado is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Eldorado 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 Eldorado, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 12% of adults in Eldorado hold a bachelor's degree, about 26 points below the Maryland average of 38%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Eldorado are family households, above 80% of cities. Eldorado runs against the grain of Maryland, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Eldorado, MD sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Eldorado looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Eldorado is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 60%, below 56% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Maryland State Board of 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.