Notus is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Notus typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Notus, ~9% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Notus compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Notus leans more Republican than 20 of 23 neighbors.
Notus runs about 31 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.
Why Notus 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 Notus, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Notus are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Notus sits in the bottom quarter (about 14%, below 80% of cities).
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with low high-school-completion share tend to turn out at a lower rate; Notus, ID sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Notus looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Notus is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 7% of homes in Notus have more than one occupant per room, above 93% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 81% of adults in Notus have completed high school, below 89% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Greenleaf, ID R+65
- Parma, ID R+62
- Middleton, ID R+60
- Sunnyslope, ID R+47
- Caldwell, ID R+37
- Roswell, ID R+69
- Wilder, ID R+55
- Knowlton Heights, ID R+49
- Letha, ID R+69
- Homedale, ID R+56
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lake Nebagamon, WI R+18
- Jeddo, MI R+49
- Vance, SC D+33
- Ochelata, OK R+62
- North Freedom, WI R+28
- Bradford, RI R+8
- Doolittle, TX R+8
- Convoy, OH R+62
- Sharps Chapel, TN R+70
- Hebron Estates, KY R+51
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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.