Four Lakes leans heavily Republican by roughly 30 points: about 35% of voters vote Democratic and 65% Republican.
About 83% of adults in Four Lakes typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Four Lakes, ~29% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Four Lakes compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Four Lakes leans more Republican than 15 of 39 neighbors.
Four Lakes runs about 49 points more Republican than Washington as a whole. Washington leans Democratic overall, while Four Lakes is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Four Lakes 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 Four Lakes, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Four Lakes votes against the grain of Washington. Washington leans Democratic overall, while Four Lakes runs about 49 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Four Lakes are family households, above 86% of cities.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Four Lakes, WA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Four Lakes looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Four Lakes is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Four Lakes own their home, compared to around 68% in nearby cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Cheney, WA Even
- Lakeland Village, WA R+30
- Medical Lake, WA R+25
- Fairchild AFB, WA R+13
- Marshall, WA R+23
- Airway Heights, WA R+16
- Fairchild Air Force Base, WA R+37
- Espanola, WA R+35
- Waukon, WA R+42
- Tyler, WA R+36
Cities with Similar Populations
- Brimhall, NM D+44
- Loraine, TX R+72
- Ray, ND R+79
- Plum Branch, SC D+10
- New Castle, NH D+40
- Mammoth Cave, KY R+70
- East Carbon, UT R+68
- Smith Lake, NM D+24
- Ripley, OK R+60
- Cornell, IL R+55
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.