Gunnison is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 85% of adults in Gunnison typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gunnison, ~15% vote Democratic, ~70% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gunnison compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Gunnison leans more Republican than 4 of 14 neighbors.
Gunnison runs about 42 points more Republican than Utah as a whole.
Why Gunnison 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 Gunnison, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 87% of residents in Gunnison drive to work alone, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Gunnison are family households, above 93% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Gunnison, UT sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Gunnison looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Gunnison is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Centerfield, UT R+69
- Fayette, UT R+73
- Mayfield, UT R+62
- Axtell, UT R+73
- Sterling, UT R+63
- Redmond, UT R+75
- Manti, UT R+63
- Salina, UT R+68
- Scipio, UT R+72
- Aurora, UT R+77
Cities with Similar Populations
- North Shore, CA D+16
- Howards Grove, WI R+35
- Palmyra, WI R+31
- Piedmont, MO R+64
- Shepherd, MT R+62
- Shortsville, NY R+22
- Springdale, PA R+7
- Athens, IL R+42
- McColl, SC R+28
- Edwards, IL R+14
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office, 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.