Isleta Village Proper leans heavily Democratic by roughly 36 points: about 68% of voters vote Democratic and 32% Republican.
About 42% of adults in Isleta Village Proper typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Isleta Village Proper, ~29% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~57% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Isleta Village Proper compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Isleta Village Proper leans more Democratic than 29 of 30 neighbors.
Isleta Village Proper runs about 30 points more Democratic than New Mexico as a whole.
Why Isleta Village Proper 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 Isleta Village Proper, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 49% of adults in Isleta Village Proper have never been married, well above similar-sized cities (around 20%).
Food insecurity and voter turnout
Places with high food insecurity tend to turn out at a lower rate; Isleta Village Proper, NM sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.
Why turnout in Isleta Village Proper looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 29% of adults in Isleta Village Proper report food insecurity, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Isleta, NM D+36
- Los Padillas, NM R+3
- Bosque Farms, NM R+12
- Peralta, NM R+17
- Valencia, NM R+17
- Los Lentes, NM R+10
- Los Lunas, NM R+11
- South Valley, NM D+18
Cities with Similar Populations
- Burr Oak, IA R+35
- Fenns, IN R+59
- Bullocktown, IN R+51
- Falling Spring, WV R+61
- Forbes, ND R+67
- Kennedy, PA R+56
- Hull, FL R+65
- Ledford, IL R+59
- Shelby, VA R+40
- Fox, KY R+66
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.