Quemado leans heavily Republican by roughly 48 points: about 26% of voters vote Democratic and 74% Republican.
About more than 99% of adults in Quemado typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Quemado, ~26% vote Democratic, ~75% Republican, and ~-1% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Quemado compares
Quemado runs about 54 points more Republican than New Mexico as a whole. New Mexico leans Democratic overall, while Quemado is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Quemado 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 Quemado, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Quemado votes against the grain of New Mexico. New Mexico leans Democratic overall, while Quemado runs about 54 points more Republican. Rural areas vote Republican, and Quemado sits in the bottom quarter on density (fewer than 1%, in the bottom fraction of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Quemado, NM 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 Quemado looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. More than 99% of adults in Quemado have completed high school, about 13 points above the New Mexico average of 87%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Quemado own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Pie Town, NM R+44
- Red Hill, NM R+51
- Fence Lake, NM R+29
- Aragon, NM R+33
- Datil, NM R+43
- Pinehill, NM D+44
- Cruzville, NM R+28
- Luna, NM R+29
- Reserve, NM R+21
Cities with Similar Populations
- Post Mills, VT D+36
- Norman, AR R+70
- Parkway, MO R+44
- Kingston, MN R+54
- Vigo, OH R+58
- McKay, OH R+62
- Treadway, TN R+75
- Barnegat Light, NJ D+3
- Cordesville, SC R+41
- Spillville, IA R+34
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.