Foothills leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Foothills typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Foothills, ~31% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Foothills compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Foothills is the most Republican-leaning.
Foothills runs about 14 points more Republican than Nevada as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Foothills. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+31) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+12), a spread of about 19 points.
Why Foothills 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 Foothills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican, and Foothills sits in the bottom quarter on developed land relative to similar places. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Foothills are family households, above 77% of neighborhoods.
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a low never-married share and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Foothills, Henderson, NV does.
Why turnout in Foothills looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 88% of households in Foothills own their home, about 17 points above the Nevada average of 71%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Valley View, Henderson, NV D+3
- Townsite, Henderson, NV Even
- Calico Ridge, Henderson, NV R+4
- Black Mountain, Henderson, NV R+4
- River Mountain, Henderson, NV R+13
- Highland Hills, Henderson, NV R+9
- Pittman, Henderson, NV D+5
- Mission Hills, Henderson, NV R+11
- Paradise Hills, Henderson, NV R+17
- McCullough Hills, Henderson, NV D+4
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Black Rock, Buffalo, NY D+29
- Central Park, Chicago, IL D+80
- Homaker Park, Bakersfield, CA D+13
- The Lakes-Country Club, Spring Valley, NV D+11
- South Central, Raleigh, NC D+69
- Turtle Creek, Jacksonville, FL D+75
- Brentwood, Jacksonville, FL D+76
- Woodlawn Lake, San Antonio, TX D+37
- Wood Streets, Riverside, CA D+17
- Southeast Redmond, Redmond, WA D+38
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.