Boone is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Boone typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Boone, ~14% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~38% 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 9 of 26 neighbors.
Boone runs about 8 points more Republican than Oklahoma 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.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 87% of residents in Boone drive to work alone, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 74%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Boone, OK sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Boone looks the way it does
Turnout in Boone sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Apache, OK R+57
- Edgewater Park, OK R+58
- Broxton, OK R+61
- Lakeside Village, OK R+57
- Pine Ridge, OK R+65
- Medicine Park, OK R+44
- Porter Hill, OK R+50
- Stecker, OK R+62
- Elgin, OK R+50
- Fletcher, OK R+55
Cities with Similar Populations
- Mount Union, LA R+64
- Luthers Mills, PA R+53
- Steedman, OK R+69
- Ormsby, MN R+50
- Newton, WV R+60
- Meadowville, WV R+62
- Wiltshire, MS D+19
- Halliday, ND R+69
- Dewar, IA R+41
- Jansen, NE R+64
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Oklahoma State Election Board, 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.