Cataldo, ID Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Cataldo

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Cataldo is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.

 

About 73% of adults in Cataldo typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cataldo, ~17% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Cataldo compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Cataldo leans more Republican than 20 of 27 neighbors.

Cataldo runs about 16 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Cataldo. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+57) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+46), a spread of about 11 points.

Why Cataldo 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 Cataldo, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in Cataldo are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.

Renting and voter turnout

Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Cataldo, ID sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Cataldo looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 96% of households in Cataldo own their home, about 17 points above the Idaho average of 79%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Idaho 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.