Skull Valley is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 54% of adults in Skull Valley typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Skull Valley, ~9% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~46% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Skull Valley compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Skull Valley is the most Republican-leaning.
Skull Valley runs about 60 points more Republican than Arizona as a whole.
Why Skull 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 Skull Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. Fewer than 1% of residents in Skull Valley live in densely developed areas, about 38 points below the Arizona average of 39%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Skull Valley, AZ sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Skull Valley looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 4% of homes in Skull Valley have more than one occupant per room, above 83% of cities. Strong routine healthcare access lines up with higher turnout, and Skull Valley sits in the top quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Kirkland, AZ R+55
- Wilhoit, AZ R+54
- Miller Valley, AZ R+21
- Kirkland Junction, AZ R+54
- Prescott, AZ R+8
- Williamson, AZ R+39
- Peeples Valley, AZ R+51
- Forbing Park, AZ R+22
- Yarnell, AZ R+51
- Chino Valley, AZ R+42
Cities with Similar Populations
- Squantum, NH R+4
- Simms, MT R+64
- Stapleton, NE R+81
- Hornick, IA R+60
- Brookford, NC R+26
- Coalburg, WV R+56
- Brockton, PA R+53
- Lockhart, SC R+65
- Tihonet, MA R+14
- Delphi Falls, NY R+23
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Arizona 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.