Silver Sands Beach is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 85% of adults in Silver Sands Beach typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Silver Sands Beach, ~14% vote Democratic, ~71% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Silver Sands Beach compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Silver Sands Beach leans more Republican than 41 of 44 neighbors.
Silver Sands Beach runs about 29 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.
Why Silver Sands 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 Silver Sands Beach, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Silver Sands Beach sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 16 points above the Idaho average of 83%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 84% of households in Silver Sands Beach are family households, above 95% of cities.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Silver Sands Beach, ID does.
Why turnout in Silver Sands Beach looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Silver Sands 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 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Silver Sands Beach have completed high school, above 91% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Excelsior Beach, ID R+67
- Twinlow, ID R+55
- Spirit Lake, ID R+60
- Rathdrum, ID R+59
- Garwood, ID R+67
- Blanchard, ID R+58
- Athol, ID R+65
- Hauser, ID R+61
- Hayden, ID R+49
- Rockaway Beach, ID R+52
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zortman, MT R+59
- Sardis, WV R+61
- Sigsbee, GA R+72
- Eulonia, SC D+23
- Thomas, SD R+78
- California Junction, IA R+44
- Siberia, IN R+54
- Decoy, KY R+72
- Embudo, NM D+20
- Shelltown, MD R+28
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.