Garfield, ID Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Garfield

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Garfield is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.

 

About more than 99% of adults in Garfield typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Garfield, ~17% vote Democratic, ~84% Republican, and ~-1% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Garfield compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Garfield leans more Republican than 11 of 27 neighbors.

Garfield runs about 29 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.

Why Garfield 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 Garfield, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 85% of households in Garfield are family households, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 67%.

Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout

Places that combine a low never-married share and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Garfield, ID does.

Why turnout in Garfield looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Garfield 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 75%, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Garfield own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Garfield have completed high school, above 91% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.