Piedra leans Republican by roughly 28 points: about 36% of voters vote Democratic and 64% Republican.
About 75% of adults in Piedra typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Piedra, ~27% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~25% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Piedra compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Piedra leans more Republican than 10 of 15 neighbors.
Piedra runs about 39 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Piedra is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Piedra 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 Piedra, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Piedra live in densely developed areas, about 33 points below the Colorado average of 35%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Piedra are family households, above 78% of cities. Piedra runs against the grain of Colorado, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Piedra, CO 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 Piedra looks the way it does
Turnout in Piedra sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Tiffany, CO R+38
- Vallecito, CO R+5
- Gem Village, CO R+26
- Pagosa Junction, CO R+31
- Ignacio, CO R+18
Cities with Similar Populations
- Oxberry, MS R+65
- Sunol, NE R+75
- Pumpkin Center, MS R+63
- Chickamaw Beach, MN R+39
- Waugh, VA R+40
- Mispillion Light, DE R+19
- Weathers, AR R+64
- Plainview Colony, SD R+61
- Denhoff, ND R+69
- Silica, KS R+67
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Colorado 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.