Sweet Home leans heavily Republican by roughly 40 points: about 30% of voters vote Democratic and 70% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Sweet Home typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sweet Home, ~21% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sweet Home compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sweet Home leans more Republican than 9 of 28 neighbors.
Sweet Home runs about 54 points more Republican than Oregon as a whole. Oregon leans Democratic overall, while Sweet Home is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Sweet Home. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+48) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+36), a spread of about 12 points.
Why Sweet Home 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 Sweet Home, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Sweet Home votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 37%, modestly above the Oregon average of 31%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Sweet Home sits in the bottom quarter (about 13%, below 86% of cities). Sweet Home runs against the grain of Oregon, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Paved land cover and Democratic lean
Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Sweet Home, OR sits in the top 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 Sweet Home looks the way it does
Turnout in Sweet Home 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
- Liberty, OR R+47
- Foster, OR R+43
- Crawfordsville, OR R+46
- Waterloo, OR R+41
- Sodaville, OR R+41
- Brownsville, OR R+37
- Lebanon, OR R+33
- Tallman, OR R+46
- Cascadia, OR R+49
- Lacomb, OR R+49
Cities with Similar Populations
- Hamilton, MT R+29
- Santaquin, UT R+61
- Woodland Park, NJ R+10
- Macclenny, FL R+57
- Lockhart, FL D+14
- Winton, CA R+6
- Goldenrod, FL D+6
- Warrensville Heights, OH D+88
- Lyman, SC R+46
- Avenal, CA D+4
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division, 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.