Seven Rivers is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 30% of adults in Seven Rivers typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Seven Rivers, ~4% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~70% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Seven Rivers compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Seven Rivers is the most Republican-leaning.
Seven Rivers runs about 81 points more Republican than New Mexico as a whole. New Mexico leans Democratic overall, while Seven Rivers is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Seven Rivers 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 Seven Rivers, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Seven Rivers votes against the grain of New Mexico. New Mexico leans Democratic overall, while Seven Rivers runs about 81 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 85% of households in Seven Rivers are family households, above 96% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Seven Rivers, NM sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Seven Rivers looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Seven Rivers is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 6% of homes in Seven Rivers have more than one occupant per room, above 92% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lakewood, NM R+72
- West Carlsbad, NM R+66
- Atoka, NM R+68
- Carlsbad North, NM R+55
- Artesia, NM R+56
- Carlsbad, NM R+43
- Riverside, NM R+67
- Hope, NM R+74
- La Huerta, NM R+66
- Otis, NM R+59
Cities with Similar Populations
- Flomot, TX R+86
- Selbyville, WV R+69
- Scarce Grease, AL R+80
- Glendale, IL R+58
- Peacock, TX R+72
- Parr, SC R+31
- San Jose, AZ R+47
- Sandy Hook, MO R+64
- Oglesville, MO R+71
- Oak Point, NY R+39
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.