Riverside is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Riverside typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Riverside, ~12% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Riverside compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Riverside is the most Republican-leaning.
Riverside runs about 60 points more Republican than Nevada as a whole.
Why Riverside 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 Riverside, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Riverside, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the Nevada average of 25%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Riverside 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 92% of households in Riverside are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Riverside, NV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Riverside looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 98% of households in Riverside own their home, about 28 points above the Nevada average of 71%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Riverside sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Riverside have completed high school, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Bunkerville, NV R+60
- Mesquite, NV R+19
- Scenic, AZ R+44
- Moapa Valley, NV R+52
- Logandale, NV R+61
- Overton, NV R+60
- Littlefield, AZ R+59
- Beaver Dam, AZ R+51
- Moapa, NV R+30
Cities with Similar Populations
- Kendall, PA R+55
- Ino, VA R+43
- Boothe, AR R+70
- Hopewell, KS R+74
- North Pharsalia, NY R+50
- Duckers, KY R+39
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Nevada 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.