Fort Rock is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Fort Rock typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fort Rock, ~11% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fort Rock compares
Fort Rock sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable cities nearby.
Fort Rock runs about 81 points more Republican than Oregon as a whole. Oregon leans Democratic overall, while Fort Rock is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Fort Rock 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 Fort Rock, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Fort Rock votes against the grain of Oregon. Oregon leans Democratic overall, while Fort Rock runs about 81 points more Republican. Rural areas vote Republican, and Fort Rock sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 1%, below 98% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Fort Rock, OR sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Fort Rock looks the way it does
Turnout in Fort Rock sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Silver Lake, OR R+65
- Christmas Valley, OR R+66
- Summer Lake, OR R+70
- Gilchrist, OR R+48
- La Pine, OR R+30
- Crescent, OR R+41
- Deschutes, OR R+24
- Elk Lake, OR R+28
- Millican, OR R+25
Cities with Similar Populations
- Mansfield, MN R+35
- Kendall, KS R+78
- Changewater, NJ R+25
- Hatton, WA R+61
- Chapmans, OH R+59
- St. Mary, NE R+52
- Encinal, NM D+29
- Perdue Hill, AL R+20
- Cones, NH R+38
- Hale, WI R+28
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division, 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.