Spokane is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Spokane typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Spokane, ~8% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Spokane compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Spokane leans more Republican than 44 of 47 neighbors.
Spokane runs about 55 points more Republican than Louisiana as a whole.
Why Spokane 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 Spokane, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Spokane sits in the bottom quarter on density and more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 35 points above the Louisiana average of 65%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Spokane are family households, above 87% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Spokane, LA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Spokane looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Spokane 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 59%, below 61% of cities. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Spokane own their home, compared to around 76% in nearby cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Waterproof, LA D+56
- Red Gum, LA R+67
- Clayton, LA D+12
- Pine Ridge, MS D+47
- Minorca, LA R+17
- Ferriday, LA D+24
Cities with Similar Populations
- Roxbury, PA R+71
- Stafford, OK R+71
- Hissop, AL R+40
- Bellwood, AL R+66
- Czechville, WI R+34
- Hamley Run, OH D+13
- Wolf Lake, IL R+55
- Hinson Crossroads, NC R+40
- Courtright, WV R+45
- Hainesburg, NJ R+34
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Louisiana 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.