Oak City is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Oak City typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Oak City, ~8% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Oak City compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Oak City leans more Republican than 3 of 11 neighbors.
Oak City runs about 50 points more Republican than Utah as a whole.
Why Oak City 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 Oak City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Oak City live in densely developed areas, about 30 points below the Utah average of 32%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 89% of households in Oak City are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Developed land and Republican lean
Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Oak City, 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 Oak City looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Oak City is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 99% of adults in Oak City have completed high school, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lynndyl, UT R+71
- Leamington, UT R+71
- Delta, UT R+65
- Sutherland, UT R+76
- Oasis, UT R+82
- Scipio, UT R+72
- Deseret, UT R+83
- Hinckley, UT R+78
Cities with Similar Populations
- Saxeville, WI R+33
- Spavinaw, OK R+60
- Flagtown, NJ R+4
- Evans, LA R+87
- Andersonville, VA R+43
- Clifton, OH R+24
- Sparta, OH R+55
- Top-of-the-World, CA D+5
- Skidway Lake, MI R+45
- McClellan, WV R+61
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.