Las Animas leans Republican by roughly 18 points: about 41% of voters vote Democratic and 59% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Las Animas typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Las Animas, ~23% vote Democratic, ~34% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Las Animas compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Las Animas leans more Republican than 1 of 12 neighbors.
Las Animas runs about 30 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Las Animas is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Las Animas. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+72) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+10), a spread of about 62 points.
Why Las Animas 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 Las Animas, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 11% of adults in Las Animas hold a bachelor's degree, about 28 points below the Colorado average of 39%. Dense places usually vote Democratic, but Las Animas runs against that pattern. Las Animas runs against the grain of Colorado, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Las Animas, CO sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Las Animas looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Las Animas 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 42%, about 21 points below the Colorado average of 63%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 41% of households in Las Animas rent, compared to around 26% in nearby cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 78% of adults in Las Animas have completed high school, below 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Fort Lyon, CO R+48
- Ninaview, CO R+52
- Hasty, CO R+59
- North La Junta, CO R+61
- Cheraw, CO R+66
- Timpas, CO R+38
- Toonerville, CO R+59
- McClave, CO R+59
- La Junta, CO R+13
- La Junta Gardens, CO R+26
Cities with Similar Populations
- North Barrington, IL D+6
- North Baltimore, OH R+43
- Jackson, MN R+28
- East Bernard, TX R+55
- Cape Charles, VA R+4
- Corning, AR R+58
- Falmouth, MA D+47
- Camden, NC R+47
- Valdez, AK R+33
- Lincoln Park, CO R+28
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Colorado 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.