Pray leans heavily Republican by roughly 34 points: about 33% of voters vote Democratic and 67% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Pray typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pray, ~24% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pray compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pray is the most Republican-leaning.
Pray runs about 14 points more Republican than Montana as a whole.
Why Pray 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 Pray, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Pray live in densely developed areas, about 11 points below the Montana average of 13%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Pray, MT sits in the bottom tenth 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 Pray looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pray is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Pray have completed high school, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Emigrant, MT R+22
- Pine Creek, MT R+29
- Corwin Springs, MT R+4
- Livingston, MT R+6
- Miner, MT Even
- Jardine, MT R+6
- Gardiner, MT R+6
- Clyde Park, MT R+36
- Gallatin Gateway, MT Even
- Bozeman, MT D+21
Cities with Similar Populations
- Moscow, TX R+45
- Honomu, HI D+32
- Spalding, NE R+70
- Byromville, GA R+3
- Hawstone, PA R+59
- Scalp Level, PA R+40
- Five Points, CA R+4
- Surry, NH R+16
- Groveland, NY R+33
- Leslie, AR R+67
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Montana 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.