Pendair Heights leans heavily Republican by roughly 48 points: about 26% of voters vote Democratic and 74% Republican.
About 52% of adults in Pendair Heights typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pendair Heights, ~13% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pendair Heights compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pendair Heights leans more Republican than 5 of 16 neighbors.
Pendair Heights runs about 62 points more Republican than Oregon as a whole. Oregon leans Democratic overall, while Pendair Heights is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pendair Heights. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+56) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+34), a spread of about 23 points.
Why Pendair Heights 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 Pendair Heights, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Pendair Heights votes against the grain of Oregon. Oregon leans Democratic overall, while Pendair Heights runs about 62 points more Republican. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Pendair Heights sits in the bottom quarter (about 15%, below 77% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Pendair Heights are family households, above 88% of cities.
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a never-married-heavy adult population and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Pendair Heights, OR does.
Why turnout in Pendair Heights looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Pendair Heights sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Rieth, OR R+54
- Pendleton, OR R+29
- Myrick, OR R+54
- Helix, OR R+53
- Adams, OR R+50
- Echo, OR R+64
- Stanfield, OR R+53
- Pilot Rock, OR R+51
- Cayuse, OR R+20
Cities with Similar Populations
- Hermitage, NY R+50
- Airmont, VA Even
- Flintside, GA R+61
- Ozone, TN R+69
- River Road, WA D+4
- Trenton Falls, NY R+32
- Closplint, KY R+79
- New Lancaster, IN R+55
- Clifton, NY R+17
- Cromwell, AL R+81
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division, 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.