Pinon is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 26% of adults in Pinon typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pinon, ~3% vote Democratic, ~24% Republican, and ~73% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pinon compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pinon leans more Republican than 3 of 4 neighbors.
Pinon runs about 85 points more Republican than New Mexico as a whole. New Mexico leans Democratic overall, while Pinon is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pinon. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+83) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+72), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Pinon 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 Pinon, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Pinon votes against the grain of New Mexico. New Mexico leans Democratic overall, while Pinon runs about 85 points more Republican. Rural areas vote Republican, and Pinon 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 77% of households in Pinon are family households, above 81% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Pinon, NM sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Pinon looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Pinon is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The uninsured rate here is about 21%, about 5 points above the New Mexico average of 16%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 26% of adults in Pinon report food insecurity, above 91% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Weed, NM R+75
- Sacramento, NM R+76
- Timberon, NM R+83
- Mayhill, NM R+44
- Sunspot, NM R+74
- Cloudcroft, NM R+31
- High Rolls Mountain Park, NM R+44
- Mountain Park, NM R+31
- Alamogordo, NM R+23
Cities with Similar Populations
- Jamaica, IL R+62
- Porterfield, OH R+41
- Diamond, OR R+65
- Creelsboro, KY R+75
- Craige, WA R+49
- Hortense, MO R+66
- Ruso, ND R+64
- Hamburg, AL D+40
- Dover, ND R+60
- Le Moyen, LA R+45
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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.