Petrified Forest Natl Pk leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Petrified Forest Natl Pk typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Petrified Forest Natl Pk, ~22% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Petrified Forest Natl Pk compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Petrified Forest Natl Pk is the most Republican-leaning.
Petrified Forest Natl Pk runs about 26 points more Republican than Arizona as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Petrified Forest Natl Pk. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+5) and the south side runs the most Republican (R+48), a spread of about 53 points.
Why Petrified Forest Natl Pk 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 Petrified Forest Natl Pk, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 94% of households in Petrified Forest Natl Pk are family households, about 28 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Petrified Forest Natl Pk, AZ 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 Petrified Forest Natl Pk looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Petrified Forest Natl Pk is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Paulcell Place, AZ R+23
- Sun Valley, AZ D+8
- Holbrook, AZ R+17
- Navajo, AZ D+16
- Woodruff, AZ R+55
- Chambers, AZ D+50
- Indian Wells, AZ D+52
- Joseph City, AZ R+65
- Hunt, AZ R+47
- Sanders, AZ D+34
Cities with Similar Populations
- Thorne, ND R+8
- Langtry, TX R+76
- Sabanno, TX R+73
- Dragonville, VA R+29
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Arizona 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.