Ruby Valley, NV Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Ruby Valley

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Ruby Valley is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.

 

About 49% of adults in Ruby Valley typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ruby Valley, ~8% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Ruby Valley compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Ruby Valley leans more Republican than 2 of 3 neighbors.

Ruby Valley runs about 62 points more Republican than Nevada as a whole.

Why Ruby Valley 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 Ruby Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Rural areas vote Republican. Fewer than 1% of residents in Ruby Valley live in densely developed areas, about 43 points below the Nevada average of 44%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 85% of households in Ruby Valley are family households, above 96% of cities.

Developed land and Republican lean

Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Ruby Valley, NV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Ruby Valley looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Ruby Valley is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 22% of adults in Ruby Valley report food insecurity, above 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.