Vegas Heights is a Democratic stronghold. About 79% of voters here vote Democratic and 21% Republican.
About 41% of adults in Vegas Heights typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Vegas Heights, ~32% vote Democratic, ~9% Republican, and ~59% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Vegas Heights compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Vegas Heights is the most Democratic-leaning.
Vegas Heights runs about 60 points more Democratic than Nevada as a whole. Nevada leans Republican overall, while Vegas Heights is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Vegas Heights leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Vegas Heights, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Vegas Heights votes against the grain of Nevada. Nevada leans Republican overall, while Vegas Heights runs about 60 points more Democratic.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Vegas Heights, North Las Vegas, NV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Vegas Heights looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Vegas Heights is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 41%, about 17 points below the Nevada average of 58%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 40% of adults in Vegas Heights report food insecurity, above 93% of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 68% of adults in Vegas Heights have completed high school, below 96% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- West Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV D+52
- Cultural Corridor, Las Vegas, NV D+34
- University Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV D+31
- Twin Lakes, Las Vegas, NV D+23
- Downtown, Las Vegas, NV D+39
- North Last Vegas, North Las Vegas, NV D+23
- Downtown East, Las Vegas, NV D+36
- East Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV D+30
- Huntridge, Las Vegas, NV D+29
- Michael Way, Las Vegas, NV D+22
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- Carson Square, Indianapolis, IN R+6
- Hoover-Foster, Oakland, CA D+76
- North Mayfair, Chicago, IL D+39
- Holmes-Foster Historic District, State College, PA D+47
- New Aurora, New Orleans, LA D+57
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Nevada 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.