Boone is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 90% of adults in Boone typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Boone, ~13% vote Democratic, ~77% Republican, and ~10% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Boone compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Boone leans more Republican than 13 of 20 neighbors.
Boone runs about 51 points more Republican than Nebraska as a whole.
Why Boone 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 Boone, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 8% of adults in Boone hold a bachelor's degree, about 18 points below the Nebraska average of 27%. Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Non-Hispanic white share in Boone is about 94%, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 72%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Boone are family households, above 92% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Boone, NE sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Boone looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Boone have completed high school, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Cedar Rapids, NE R+69
- Belgrade, NE R+69
- Genoa, NE R+61
- Primrose, NE R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
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- Fraser, IA R+32
- St. Clere, KS R+50
- Grogan, MN R+48
- Summertown, GA R+21
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Nebraska 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.