Fish Haven is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Fish Haven typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fish Haven, ~11% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fish Haven compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fish Haven leans more Republican than 9 of 28 neighbors.
Fish Haven runs about 34 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.
Why Fish Haven 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 Fish Haven, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Fish Haven sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 14 points above the Idaho average of 83%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Fish Haven are family households, above 87% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Fish Haven, ID sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Fish Haven looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 95% of households in Fish Haven own their home, about 15 points above the Idaho average of 79%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Fish Haven have completed high school, above 81% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Garden City, UT R+57
- St. Charles, ID R+72
- Bloomington, ID R+71
- Paris, ID R+74
- Laketown, UT R+57
- Glendale, ID R+78
Cities with Similar Populations
- Talcottville, NY R+57
- Minnewawa, MN R+40
- Wattenberg, CO R+30
- Waterville Valley, NH D+26
- Burchfield, AL R+83
- Deferiet, NY R+31
- Lund, NV R+66
- Republican City, NE R+68
- Parham, MS R+82
- Gunnison, MS D+41
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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.