Fairchild Air Force Base leans heavily Republican by roughly 38 points: about 31% of voters vote Democratic and 69% Republican.
About 72% of adults in Fairchild Air Force Base typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fairchild Air Force Base, ~22% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fairchild Air Force Base compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fairchild Air Force Base leans more Republican than 24 of 38 neighbors.
Fairchild Air Force Base runs about 56 points more Republican than Washington as a whole. Washington leans Democratic overall, while Fairchild Air Force Base is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Fairchild Air Force Base. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+46) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+17), a spread of about 29 points.
Why Fairchild Air Force Base 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 Fairchild Air Force Base, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Fairchild Air Force Base votes against the grain of Washington. Washington leans Democratic overall, while Fairchild Air Force Base runs about 56 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Fairchild Air Force Base are family households, above 88% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Fairchild Air Force Base, WA sits above the national average on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Fairchild Air Force Base looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Fairchild Air Force Base have completed high school, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Fairchild AFB, WA R+13
- Airway Heights, WA R+16
- Medical Lake, WA R+25
- Espanola, WA R+35
- Seven Mile, WA R+32
- Four Lakes, WA R+31
- Reardan, WA R+56
- Lakeland Village, WA R+30
- Nine Mile Falls, WA R+38
- Cheney, WA Even
Cities with Similar Populations
- Penn, PA R+20
- Richelieu, KY R+63
- Purdon, TX R+69
- Pond Creek, OK R+70
- Hoover Town, WV R+68
- Burr Hill, VA R+50
- Golden Beach, FL R+50
- Grapevine, AR R+65
- Gishton, KY R+65
- Clay Village, KY R+50
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Washington 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.