Gateway city where Navajo Nation enrollment shapes every ballot
Gallup anchors McKinley County, where Native American voters constitute a majority of the electorate and turnout fluctuations on tribal lands have repeatedly determined margins in statewide races by single-digit thousands.
| Group | Gallup, NM | National |
|---|---|---|
▶Native American / Alaska Native(8) | 75.2% | 0.9% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(10) | 13.1% | 19.3% |
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(12) | 10.2% | 57.4% |
▶Asian(5) | 0.9% | 6.0% |
▶Black / African American(4) | 0.6% | 12.2% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(4) | 0.4% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -12.0pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.5% | 38.5% | — | — | |
| 8.5% | 31.0% | — | — | |
| 7.6% | 27.9% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 6.1% | 22.3% | — | — |
| 0.4% | 1.5% | — | — | |
| 0.3% | 1.1% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 72.6% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Gallup, NM metro area? 289,963 residents across 4 counties.
12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 21pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+35 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | D+24.5 | D+35.1 | 10.6pp |