Peru leans Republican by roughly 22 points: about 39% of voters vote Democratic and 61% Republican.
About 52% of adults in Peru typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Peru, ~20% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Peru compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Peru leans more Republican than 5 of 30 neighbors.
Peru runs about 18 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Why Peru 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 Peru, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 9% of adults in Peru hold a bachelor's degree, about 18 points below the North Carolina average of 27%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Peru sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 82% of cities).
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Peru, NC sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Peru looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Peru 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 44%, about 17 points below the North Carolina average of 61%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 29% of adults in Peru report food insecurity, above 94% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Peru have completed high school, 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 North Carolina State Board 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.