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

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

Inkom is a Republican stronghold. About 25% of voters here vote Democratic and 75% Republican.

 

About 73% of adults in Inkom typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Inkom, ~18% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Inkom compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Inkom leans more Republican than 6 of 18 neighbors.

Inkom runs about 14 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Inkom. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+63) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+45), a spread of about 18 points.

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

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 86% of households in Inkom are family households, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Inkom sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 85% of cities).

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Inkom, ID sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Inkom looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Inkom 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 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Inkom own their home, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 75%. 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.