Pine Ridge is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Pine Ridge typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pine Ridge, ~9% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pine Ridge compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pine Ridge leans more Republican than 9 of 60 neighbors.
Pine Ridge runs about 39 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Pine Ridge 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 Pine Ridge, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 94% of residents in Pine Ridge drive to work alone, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 74%.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Pine Ridge, AL does.
Why turnout in Pine Ridge looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Pine Ridge 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 49%, about 5 points below the Alabama average of 54%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 22% of adults in Pine Ridge report food insecurity, above 86% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 79% of adults in Pine Ridge have completed high school, below 91% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Fort Payne, AL R+63
- Rainsville, AL R+75
- Shiloh, AL R+81
- Lebanon, AL R+76
- Loveless, AL R+78
- Sylvania, AL R+77
- Powells Crossroads, AL R+73
- Powell, AL R+72
- Fyffe, AL R+80
- Dawson, AL R+81
Cities with Similar Populations
- Dycusburg, KY R+67
- Mullinville, KS R+77
- Kingston, NJ D+15
- Pungo, NC R+54
- Loomis, WA R+39
- Gowen, OK R+68
- Brooksville, ME D+22
- Cherry Creek, SD D+37
- Whitehouse, AL R+84
- Mount Hope, MO R+60
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Alabama 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.