Pinnacle Peak leans Republican by roughly 22 points: about 39% of voters vote Democratic and 61% Republican.
About 87% of adults in Pinnacle Peak typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pinnacle Peak, ~34% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~13% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pinnacle Peak compares
Pinnacle Peak runs about 16 points more Republican than Arizona as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Pinnacle Peak. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+31) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+10), a spread of about 21 points.
Why Pinnacle Peak leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Pinnacle Peak, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Pinnacle Peak sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 88% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 37 points above the Arizona average of 51%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Pinnacle Peak are family households, above 82% of neighborhoods.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Pinnacle Peak, Scottsdale, AZ sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Pinnacle Peak looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pinnacle Peak 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 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 97% of households in Pinnacle Peak own their home, compared to around 74% in nearby neighborhoods. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Pinnacle Peak have completed high school, above 87% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Desert View, Phoenix, AZ R+12
- Desert Hills, Cave Creek, AZ R+23
- North Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ R+9
- North Gateway, Phoenix, AZ R+14
- Paradise Valley, Phoenix, AZ Even
- Deer Valley, Phoenix, AZ R+8
- New Village, New River, AZ R+30
- North Mountain, Phoenix, AZ D+9
- Cactus Gale, Glendale, AZ R+11
- South Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ D+7
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Langley Park, Hyattsville, MD D+41
- Lowell, La Habra, CA Even
- Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu, HI D+25
- Franklin Park, Austin, TX D+44
- SouthWest Berkeley, Berkeley, CA D+79
- Centralville, Lowell, MA D+20
- Macdonald Ranch, Henderson, NV Even
- Bay View, Milwaukee, WI D+51
- Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville, KY R+2
- Ottawa, Toledo, OH D+55
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.