May Valley is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 80% of adults in May Valley typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in May Valley, ~13% vote Democratic, ~67% Republican, and ~20% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How May Valley compares
Among cities within 25 miles, May Valley leans more Republican than 11 of 13 neighbors.
May Valley runs about 78 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while May Valley is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why May Valley 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 May Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in May Valley live in densely developed areas, about 32 points below the Colorado average of 35%. May Valley runs against the grain of Colorado, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; May Valley, CO sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in May Valley looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in May Valley have completed high school, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Wiley, CO R+64
- Lamar, CO R+30
- West Farm, CO R+62
- Goodale, CO R+59
- Prowers, CO R+60
- McClave, CO R+59
- Bristol, CO R+57
- Eads, CO R+70
- Granada, CO R+57
Cities with Similar Populations
- Union, IN R+60
- Union Level, VA R+32
- Malaga, NM R+67
- Brentford, SD R+51
- Walters, AR R+70
- Sybert, GA R+23
- Ola, SD R+65
- Hendrysburg, OH R+63
- Bluff, MS R+89
- Taylor Settlement, NY R+37
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.