Excelsior Beach is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Excelsior Beach typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Excelsior Beach, ~10% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Excelsior Beach compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Excelsior Beach is the most Republican-leaning.
Excelsior Beach runs about 31 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.
Why Excelsior Beach 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 Excelsior Beach, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 88% of residents in Excelsior Beach drive to work alone, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Excelsior Beach sits in the bottom quarter (about 13%, below 86% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 87% of households in Excelsior Beach are family households, above 98% of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Excelsior Beach, ID sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Excelsior Beach looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 99% of adults in Excelsior Beach have completed high school, about 8 points above the Idaho average of 91%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Rathdrum, ID R+59
- Silver Sands Beach, ID R+65
- Twinlow, ID R+55
- Garwood, ID R+67
- Hauser, ID R+61
- Spirit Lake, ID R+60
- Hayden, ID R+49
- Post Falls, ID R+55
- Hayden Lake, ID R+38
- Athol, ID R+65
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lakeview Manor, TN R+70
- Redmon, IL R+66
- Raynesford, MT R+58
- Eudora, MO R+70
- Sand Springs, TX R+82
- Loma, NE R+60
- Rego, IN R+64
- Leedstown, VA R+12
- Peach Orchard, FL R+4
- Mesic, NC R+38
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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.