Mountain Park leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.
About 54% of adults in Mountain Park typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mountain Park, ~18% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~46% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mountain Park compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mountain Park leans more Republican than 7 of 12 neighbors.
Mountain Park runs about 37 points more Republican than New Mexico as a whole. New Mexico leans Democratic overall, while Mountain Park is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Mountain Park 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 Mountain Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Mountain Park live in densely developed areas, about 16 points below the New Mexico average of 18%. Mountain Park runs against the grain of New Mexico, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Developed land and Republican lean
Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Mountain Park, NM sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Mountain Park looks the way it does
Turnout in Mountain Park sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- High Rolls Mountain Park, NM R+44
- La Luz, NM R+35
- Cloudcroft, NM R+31
- Alamogordo, NM R+23
- Bent, NM R+27
- Tularosa, NM R+28
- Mescalero, NM D+42
- Sunspot, NM R+74
- Holloman AFB, NM R+12
- Mayhill, NM R+44
Cities with Similar Populations
- Tyus, GA R+74
- Allenville, IL R+60
- Mystic, MO R+70
- Alexandria, MO R+60
- McWillie, OK R+78
- Schwer, IL R+68
- Wildie, KY R+71
- Y City, AR R+65
- Galchutt, ND R+47
- Furman, AL D+34
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.