Hawk Springs is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Hawk Springs typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Hawk Springs, ~6% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Hawk Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Hawk Springs is the most Republican-leaning.
Hawk Springs runs about 34 points more Republican than Wyoming as a whole.
Why Hawk Springs 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 Hawk Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Hawk Springs sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 12 points above the Wyoming average of 85%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Hawk Springs, WY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Hawk Springs looks the way it does
Turnout in Hawk Springs sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Yoder, WY R+79
- La Grange, WY R+79
- Veteran, WY R+77
- Lyman, NE R+72
- Stegall, NE R+68
- Torrington, WY R+56
- Huntley, WY R+75
- South Torrington, WY R+59
- Meriden, WY R+59
- Henry, NE R+76
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lick Creek, WV R+66
- Harperville, MS D+17
- Hargetts Crossroads, NC R+54
- Phoenix, NC R+9
- Folk, MO R+75
- Rockwood, AL R+81
- Valmy, WI D+3
- Van Allen, CA R+55
- Upper Gloucester, ME R+16
- West Jersey, IL R+54
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Wyoming 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.