Rodey leans slightly Republican by roughly 12 points: about 44% of voters vote Democratic and 56% Republican.
About 38% of adults in Rodey typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rodey, ~17% vote Democratic, ~21% Republican, and ~62% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rodey compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rodey leans more Republican than 4 of 8 neighbors.
Rodey runs about 17 points more Republican than New Mexico as a whole. New Mexico leans Democratic overall, while Rodey is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Rodey. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+5) and the west side runs the most Republican (R+27), a spread of about 32 points.
Why Rodey 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 Rodey, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 6% of adults in Rodey hold a bachelor's degree, about 19 points below the New Mexico average of 24%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Rodey sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 1%, below 97% of cities). Rodey runs against the grain of New Mexico, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Rodey, NM sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Rodey looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Rodey 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 41%, about 17 points below the New Mexico average of 58%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 42% of adults in Rodey report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 71% of adults in Rodey have completed high school, below 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Renner Corner, SD R+42
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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.