Timpas leans heavily Republican by roughly 38 points: about 31% of voters vote Democratic and 69% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Timpas typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Timpas, ~20% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Timpas compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Timpas leans more Republican than 5 of 13 neighbors.
Timpas runs about 49 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Timpas is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Timpas. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+59) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+25), a spread of about 34 points.
Why Timpas 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 Timpas, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Timpas votes against the grain of Colorado. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Timpas runs about 49 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Timpas are family households, above 82% of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Timpas, CO sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Timpas looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Timpas is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- La Junta, CO R+13
- La Junta Gardens, CO R+26
- North La Junta, CO R+61
- Swink, CO R+52
- Roberta, CO R+45
- Cheraw, CO R+66
- Ninaview, CO R+52
- Rocky Ford, CO R+17
- Vroman, CO R+18
- Las Animas, CO R+19
Cities with Similar Populations
- Yellow Rock, KY R+66
- Bogota, TN R+76
- Frontier, WY R+77
- Monticello, NM R+38
- Wilmore, WV R+71
- Looking Glass, OR R+53
- Tippecanoe, PA R+48
- Oaky Streak, AL R+78
- Francisco, NC R+59
- Osgood, MO R+71
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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.