The Pinery leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.
About 90% of adults in The Pinery typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in The Pinery, ~34% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~10% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How The Pinery compares
Among cities within 25 miles, The Pinery leans more Republican than 30 of 38 neighbors.
The Pinery runs about 34 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while The Pinery is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within The Pinery. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+31) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+18), a spread of about 12 points.
Why The Pinery 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 The Pinery, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
The Pinery votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 45%, modestly above the Colorado average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 89% of households in The Pinery are family households, in the top fraction of cities. The Pinery runs against the grain of Colorado, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; The Pinery, CO sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in The Pinery looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. The Pinery is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 77%, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 97% of households in The Pinery own their home, compared to around 81% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in The Pinery have completed high school, above 89% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Parker, CO R+10
- Stonegate, CO R+4
- Franktown, CO R+34
- Castle Rock, CO R+15
- Ponderosa Park, CO R+40
- Castle Pines North, CO R+8
- Meridian, CO D+19
- Elizabeth, CO R+43
- Lone Tree, CO D+5
- Foxfield, CO R+10
Cities with Similar Populations
- Westwood Lakes, FL R+43
- Thief River Falls, MN R+29
- Pleasant Hill, MO R+42
- Wayland, MI R+31
- Fairview, TX R+21
- Loudon, TN R+56
- Sweetwater, TX R+42
- Wharton, TX R+15
- Hazlehurst, GA R+53
- South Boston, VA R+7
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Colorado 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.