Fort Wingate leans heavily Democratic by roughly 32 points: about 66% of voters vote Democratic and 34% Republican.
About 54% of adults in Fort Wingate typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fort Wingate, ~36% vote Democratic, ~18% Republican, and ~46% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fort Wingate compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fort Wingate leans more Democratic than 14 of 23 neighbors.
Fort Wingate runs about 26 points more Democratic than New Mexico as a whole.
Why Fort Wingate 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 Wingate, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 59% of adults in Fort Wingate have never been married, far above similar-sized cities (around 25%).
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Fort Wingate, NM sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Fort Wingate looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Fort Wingate is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 41%, about 16 points below the New Mexico average of 58%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 49% of adults in Fort Wingate report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Fort Wingate sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Jamestown, NM D+8
- Perea, NM D+29
- Navajo Wingate Village, NM D+34
- Church Rock, NM D+35
- Coolidge, NM D+33
- Rehoboth, NM D+31
- Continental Divide, NM D+19
- Pinedale, NM D+7
- Rock Springs, NM R+10
Cities with Similar Populations
- Centreville, MI R+42
- Trappe, MD Even
- Bow, WA R+8
- Point Blank, TX R+57
- Smithville, MS R+81
- Holtville, AL R+59
- Fairchance, PA R+45
- Malta, OH R+57
- Mayville, NY R+11
- Ardmore, TN R+71
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from New Mexico Secretary of State, Bureau 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.