Spotted Horse is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 49% of adults in Spotted Horse typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Spotted Horse, ~5% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Spotted Horse compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Spotted Horse leans more Republican than 3 of 6 neighbors.
Spotted Horse runs about 35 points more Republican than Wyoming as a whole.
Why Spotted Horse 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 Spotted Horse, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Spotted Horse live in densely developed areas, about 10 points below the Wyoming average of 12%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Spotted Horse are family households, above 90% of cities.
Developed land and Republican lean
Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Spotted Horse, WY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Spotted Horse looks the way it does
Turnout in Spotted Horse 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
- Recluse, WY R+80
- Wyodak, WY R+81
- Arvada, WY R+74
- Teckla, WY R+80
- Weston, WY R+84
- Leiter, WY R+72
- Clearmont, WY R+72
- Biddle, MT R+72
- Gillette, WY R+63
- Otter, MT R+67
Cities with Similar Populations
- Agnes, MO R+71
- Paradox, NY R+11
- Breeden, WV R+81
- Wichita, IA R+49
- Fairfield, UT R+69
- Aonia, GA R+57
- Chambersville, PA R+57
- Saltillo, IN R+64
- Kirby, MT D+7
- Charco, TX R+57
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Wyoming 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.