Tusayan leans Republican by roughly 30 points: about 35% of voters vote Democratic and 65% Republican.
About 44% of adults in Tusayan typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Tusayan, ~15% vote Democratic, ~29% Republican, and ~56% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Tusayan compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Tusayan leans more Republican than 2 of 3 neighbors.
Tusayan runs about 24 points more Republican than Arizona as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Tusayan. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+31) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+20), a spread of about 10 points.
Why Tusayan 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 Tusayan, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. Fewer than 1% of residents in Tusayan live in densely developed areas, about 38 points below the Arizona average of 39%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Tusayan, AZ sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Tusayan looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Tusayan is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 31% of households in Tusayan rent, above 86% of cities. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 6% of homes in Tusayan 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
- Grand Canyon Village, AZ R+20
- Grand Canyon, AZ R+29
- North Rim, AZ D+3
- Valle, AZ R+9
- Gray Mountain, AZ D+36
- Cameron, AZ D+51
- Moenave, AZ D+49
- Williams, AZ R+35
- Ash Fork, AZ R+48
- Parks, AZ R+44
Cities with Similar Populations
- Washington Park, NC R+30
- Caneadea, NY R+42
- Whitt, TX R+82
- Terrill, KY R+54
- Cheshire, NY D+7
- Elkwood, VA R+46
- High Bridge, NH R+12
- Lincoln, WA R+56
- Brownsville, IN R+65
- Fruitvale, ID R+63
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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.