Prairie Home is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 72% of adults in Prairie Home typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Prairie Home, ~14% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Prairie Home compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Prairie Home leans more Republican than 24 of 47 neighbors.
Prairie Home runs about 42 points more Republican than Missouri as a whole.
Why Prairie 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 Prairie Home, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Prairie Home are family households, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Prairie Home, MO sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Prairie Home looks the way it does
Turnout in Prairie Home 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
- Wooldridge, MO R+59
- Lone Elm, MO R+62
- Jamestown, MO R+66
- Lupus, MO R+51
- Windsor Place, MO R+62
- High Point, MO R+64
- Bunceton, MO R+66
- Overton, MO R+49
- Kliever, MO R+65
- Speed, MO R+65
Cities with Similar Populations
- Yankeetown, OH R+65
- Dublin, NC R+38
- Hinkleville, WV R+63
- Mulberry, TN R+73
- Cinebar, WA R+43
- Butterfield, MN R+48
- Pottersville, NJ R+10
- Wentworth, NH Even
- Gas, KS R+55
- Rocky Grove, TN R+69
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Missouri 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.