Rockaway Beach is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 87% of adults in Rockaway Beach typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rockaway Beach, ~21% vote Democratic, ~66% Republican, and ~13% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rockaway Beach compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rockaway Beach leans more Republican than 14 of 36 neighbors.
Rockaway Beach runs about 16 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Rockaway Beach. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+61) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+36), a spread of about 25 points.
Why Rockaway Beach 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 Rockaway Beach, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 81% of households in Rockaway Beach are family households, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Food insecurity and voter turnout
Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Rockaway Beach, ID sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.
Why turnout in Rockaway Beach looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Rockaway Beach 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 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 96% of households in Rockaway Beach own their home, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Garwood, ID R+67
- Hayden Lake, ID R+38
- Hayden, ID R+49
- Belmont, ID R+64
- Athol, ID R+65
- Twinlow, ID R+55
- Dalton Gardens, ID R+43
- Rathdrum, ID R+59
- Coeur d'Alene, ID R+31
- Granite, ID R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- Van, WV R+63
- Delong, WV R+65
- Bowman, CA D+19
- Lebeau, LA R+23
- Denmark, OH R+57
- Lava, NY D+7
- Tipton, PA R+48
- Alpaugh, CA R+19
- Ibex, KY R+63
- Royalton, WI R+46
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.