Gage leans Republican by roughly 30 points: about 35% of voters vote Democratic and 65% Republican.
About 38% of adults in Gage typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gage, ~13% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~62% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gage compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Gage is the most Republican-leaning.
Gage runs about 35 points more Republican than New Mexico as a whole. New Mexico leans Democratic overall, while Gage is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Gage 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 Gage, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Gage votes against the grain of New Mexico. New Mexico leans Democratic overall, while Gage runs about 35 points more Republican. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Gage sits in the bottom quarter (about 15%, below 78% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Gage, NM 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 Gage looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Gage 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 48%, about 10 points below the New Mexico average of 58%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 33% of households in Gage rent, above 88% of cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 36% of adults in Gage report food insecurity, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Whitewater, NM R+29
- Faywood, NM R+9
- Hachita, NM R+40
- Separ, NM R+48
- White Signal, NM R+36
- Hurley, NM R+13
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- Luckett, TN R+69
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- Sulphur Lick, KY R+78
- North Creek, OH R+73
- Dublin Mills, PA R+75
- Graves, SC R+59
- Mederville, IA R+46
- Elmdale, MN R+74
- Green Lake, ME R+14
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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.