Portage is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Portage typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Portage, ~7% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Portage compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Portage leans more Republican than 26 of 40 neighbors.
Portage runs about 56 points more Republican than Utah as a whole.
Why Portage 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 Portage, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Portage are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Portage sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 3%, below 91% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Portage, UT sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Portage looks the way it does
Turnout in Portage sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Woodruff, ID R+82
- Plymouth, UT R+78
- Clarkston, UT R+68
- Gwenford, ID R+83
- Fielding, UT R+74
- Wheelon, UT R+72
- Riverside, UT R+73
- Pleasantview, ID R+84
- Weston, ID R+82
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ono, CA R+35
- Alpaugh, CA R+19
- Manhattan, NV R+71
- Tipton, PA R+48
- Delong, WV R+65
- Amsterdam, MO R+68
- Edinburg, ND R+46
- Hintonville, MS R+59
- Wyatt, MO R+42
- Rockaway Beach, ID R+52
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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.