Fort McDermitt leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.
About 40% of adults in Fort McDermitt typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fort McDermitt, ~17% vote Democratic, ~23% Republican, and ~60% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fort McDermitt compares
Fort McDermitt sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable cities nearby.
Fort McDermitt runs about 12 points more Republican than Nevada as a whole.
Why Fort McDermitt 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 McDermitt, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. Fewer than 1% of residents in Fort McDermitt live in densely developed areas, about 43 points below the Nevada average of 44%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Fort McDermitt are family households, above 81% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Fort McDermitt, NV 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 Fort McDermitt looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Fort McDermitt is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 10% of homes in Fort McDermitt have more than one occupant per room, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- McDermitt, NV R+15
- Orovada, NV R+22
- Cordero, NV R+64
- Paradise Valley, NV R+25
- Paradise Hill, NV R+55
- Denio, NV R+72
Cities with Similar Populations
- Urban, KY R+79
- Rosston, OK R+82
- McBride, OK R+38
- Mauzy, IN R+65
- Topsey, TX R+65
- Todd Creek, CO R+30
- Maysville, IN R+64
- Elmville, OH R+67
- Mount Heron, VA R+70
- Mummasburg, PA R+42
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.