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

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

Heglar is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.

 

About 38% of adults in Heglar typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Heglar, ~5% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~62% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Heglar compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Heglar leans more Republican than 7 of 13 neighbors.

Heglar runs about 40 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.

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

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 91% of households in Heglar are family households, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Heglar sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 3%, below 92% of cities). Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Heglar sits in the bottom quarter (about 15%, below 78% of cities).

Population density and Republican lean

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

Why turnout in Heglar looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Heglar is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 57% of households in Heglar rent, compared to around 31% in nearby cities. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 18% of homes in Heglar have more than one occupant per room, in the top fraction 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.