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

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

Hawkins is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.

 

About 67% of adults in Hawkins typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Hawkins, ~11% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Hawkins compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Hawkins leans more Republican than 11 of 17 neighbors.

Hawkins runs about 31 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Hawkins. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+84) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+64), a spread of about 20 points.

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

Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Hawkins sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 13 points above the Idaho average of 83%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Hawkins are family households, above 93% of cities.

Population density and Republican lean

Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Hawkins, ID sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Hawkins looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Hawkins 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 67%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 96% of households in Hawkins own their home, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Hawkins have completed high school, above 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.