Fort Huachuca leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.
About 41% of adults in Fort Huachuca typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fort Huachuca, ~18% vote Democratic, ~23% Republican, and ~59% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fort Huachuca compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fort Huachuca leans more Republican than 1 of 16 neighbors.
Fort Huachuca runs about 5 points more Republican than Arizona as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Fort Huachuca. The northeast side is the most split-leaning (R+45) and the north side is the least split-leaning (R+3), a spread of about 43 points.
Why Fort Huachuca 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 Fort Huachuca, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 95% of households in Fort Huachuca are family households, about 29 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Dense places usually vote Democratic, but Fort Huachuca runs against that pattern.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with renter-heavy households tend to turn out at a lower rate; Fort Huachuca, AZ sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Fort Huachuca looks the way it does
Renters vote less often than owners. More than 99% of households in Fort Huachuca rent, about 75 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Fort Huachuca have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Sierra Vista, AZ R+18
- Huachuca City, AZ R+34
- Village Meadows, AZ R+16
- Sierra Vista Southeast, AZ R+36
- Whetstone, AZ R+53
- Nicksville, AZ R+36
- Elgin, AZ R+19
- Miracle Valley, AZ R+40
- Hereford, AZ R+39
- Palominas, AZ R+37
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lafayette, OR R+10
- Lake Montezuma, AZ R+27
- Morganton, GA R+62
- New Ipswich, NH R+15
- Butler, MO R+50
- Hiddenite, NC R+64
- Telford, TN R+69
- Ottawa Hills, OH D+24
- Vermont Heights, FL R+40
- Post, TX R+24
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.