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

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

Picabo is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.

 

About 35% of adults in Picabo typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Picabo, ~7% vote Democratic, ~28% Republican, and ~65% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Picabo compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Picabo leans more Republican than 5 of 6 neighbors.

Picabo runs about 21 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.

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

Rural areas vote Republican. Fewer than 1% of residents in Picabo live in densely developed areas, about 17 points below the Idaho average of 18%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Picabo sits in the bottom quarter (about 13%, below 84% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 86% of households in Picabo are family households, above 97% of cities.

Population density, never-married share, and Republican lean

Places that combine low population density and a never-married-heavy adult population tend to lean Republican, as Picabo, ID does.

Why turnout in Picabo looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Picabo 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 35% of households in Picabo rent, above 91% of cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 23% of adults in Picabo report food insecurity, above 87% 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.