Mountain Home is a Republican stronghold. About 8% of voters here vote Democratic and 92% Republican.
About 83% of adults in Mountain Home typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mountain Home, ~7% vote Democratic, ~76% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mountain Home compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mountain Home leans more Republican than 14 of 19 neighbors.
Mountain Home runs about 63 points more Republican than Utah as a whole.
Why Mountain Home 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 Mountain Home, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Mountain Home live in densely developed areas, about 29 points below the Utah average of 32%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 83% of households in Mountain Home are family households, above 94% of cities.
Developed land and Republican lean
Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Mountain Home, UT sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Mountain Home looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 90% of households in Mountain Home own their home, about 12 points above the Utah average of 78%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Altonah, UT R+83
- Altamont, UT R+85
- Talmage, UT R+76
- Boneta, UT R+88
- Bluebell, UT R+86
- Upalco, UT R+90
- Duchesne, UT R+72
- Monarch, UT R+83
- Tabiona, UT R+61
- Bridgeland, UT R+84
Cities with Similar Populations
- Two Creeks, WI R+43
- Sawyer, KS R+71
- Ilesboro, OH R+53
- Huntimer, SD R+54
- Monterey, NE R+69
- Wayland, OH R+46
- Ellis Prairie, MO R+71
- Point Cedar, AR R+68
- Point Lay, AK D+21
- Greenwood Shores, SC R+56
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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.