Sublett, ID Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Sublett

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Sublett is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.

 

About 49% of adults in Sublett typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sublett, ~5% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Sublett compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Sublett leans more Republican than 4 of 8 neighbors.

Sublett runs about 42 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Sublett. The south side is the most Republican-leaning (R+87) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+74), a spread of about 13 points.

Why Sublett 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 Sublett, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 87% of households in Sublett are family households, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Sublett sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 94% of cities).

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Sublett, ID sits in the bottom quarter 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 Sublett looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Sublett is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 40% of households in Sublett rent, above 94% of cities. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 12% of homes in Sublett have more than one occupant per room, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.