Pike Road leans heavily Republican by roughly 46 points: about 27% of voters vote Democratic and 73% Republican.
About 82% of adults in Pike Road typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pike Road, ~22% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~18% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pike Road compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pike Road leans more Republican than 23 of 36 neighbors.
Pike Road runs about 42 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pike Road. The south side is the most Republican-leaning (R+55) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+36), a spread of about 19 points.
Why Pike Road 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 Pike Road, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 15% of adults in Pike Road hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the North Carolina average of 27%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Pike Road sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 3%, below 91% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Pike Road are family households, above 87% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Pike Road, NC sits in the bottom quarter 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 Pike Road looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pike Road is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 62%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Pungo, NC R+54
- Wenona, NC R+32
- Pantego, NC R+27
- Davenport Forks, NC R+30
- Ponzer, NC R+73
- Terra Ceia, NC R+47
- Leechville, NC R+26
- Belhaven, NC Even
- Yeatesville, NC R+56
- Plymouth, NC D+22
Cities with Similar Populations
- Tateville, KY R+73
- Altona, IN R+53
- Black Springs, AR R+73
- Muir Beach, CA D+46
- Tar Fork, KY R+60
- Shanghai, NC R+11
- Blue Brick, SC D+6
- Middlepoint, MD R+23
- Chalybeate, PA R+60
- Weston, AL R+79
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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.