Syringa leans heavily Republican by roughly 44 points: about 28% of voters vote Democratic and 72% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Syringa typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Syringa, ~16% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Syringa compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Syringa leans more Republican than 1 of 13 neighbors.
Syringa runs about 8 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Syringa. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+56) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+24), a spread of about 32 points.
Why Syringa 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 Syringa, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Syringa sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 14 points above the Idaho average of 83%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Syringa, ID sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Syringa looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Syringa sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Strong routine healthcare access lines up with higher turnout, and Syringa sits in the top quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Kooskia, ID R+62
- Stites, ID R+69
- Lowell, ID R+27
- Kamiah, ID R+58
- Golden, ID R+72
- Woodland, ID R+63
- Grangeville, ID R+62
- Weippe, ID R+68
- Greencreek, ID R+71
Cities with Similar Populations
- South Bristol, ME D+44
- Ewen, MI R+26
- Phillipsville, AL R+88
- Lower Cincinnatus, NY R+50
- Violet, TX R+32
- Leivasy, WV R+65
- McCallum, MS R+42
- Correll, MN R+41
- South Park, WV R+59
- Geneva, IA R+55
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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.