Orogrande leans heavily Republican by roughly 44 points: about 28% of voters vote Democratic and 72% Republican.
About 18% of adults in Orogrande typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Orogrande, ~5% vote Democratic, ~13% Republican, and ~82% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Orogrande compares
Orogrande runs about 50 points more Republican than New Mexico as a whole. New Mexico leans Democratic overall, while Orogrande is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Orogrande. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+83) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+32), a spread of about 52 points.
Why Orogrande 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 Orogrande, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Orogrande votes against the grain of New Mexico. New Mexico leans Democratic overall, while Orogrande runs about 50 points more Republican. Rural areas vote Republican, and Orogrande sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 97% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Orogrande, 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 Orogrande looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Orogrande is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The uninsured rate here is about 22%, about 6 points above the New Mexico average of 16%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 46% of adults in Orogrande report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.