Pie Town leans heavily Republican by roughly 44 points: about 28% of voters vote Democratic and 72% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Pie Town typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pie Town, ~21% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pie Town compares
Pie Town sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable cities nearby.
Pie Town runs about 50 points more Republican than New Mexico as a whole. New Mexico leans Democratic overall, while Pie Town is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Pie Town 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 Pie Town, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Pie Town votes against the grain of New Mexico. New Mexico leans Democratic overall, while Pie Town runs about 50 points more Republican. Rural areas vote Republican, and Pie Town sits in the bottom quarter on density (fewer than 1%, in the bottom fraction of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Pie Town are family households, above 75% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Pie Town, 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 Pie Town looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. More than 99% of adults in Pie Town have completed high school, about 13 points above the New Mexico average of 87%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Pie Town own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Datil, NM R+43
- Quemado, NM R+48
- Aragon, NM R+33
- Magdalena, NM D+18
- Fence Lake, NM R+29
- Red Hill, NM R+51
- Pinehill, NM D+44
- Cruzville, NM R+28
- Tinaja, NM R+10
- San Rafael, NM R+39
Cities with Similar Populations
- Alexander, IA R+56
- Whetstone, SC R+57
- Cornucopia, WI D+31
- West Springs, SC R+64
- Henderson, IL R+34
- Crest Park, CA R+19
- Cobbtown, FL R+80
- Lehman, PA R+28
- Whiteside, MO R+62
- Ward Ridge, FL R+53
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.