Three Creek, ID Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Three Creek

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

Three Creek is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.

 

About 51% of adults in Three Creek typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Three Creek, ~6% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~49% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Three Creek compares

Three Creek sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable cities nearby.

Three Creek runs about 40 points more Republican than Idaho as a whole.

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

Rural areas vote Republican. About 1% of residents in Three Creek live in densely developed areas, about 17 points below the Idaho average of 18%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Three Creek are family households, above 92% of cities.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Three Creek, ID sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Three Creek looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Three Creek 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 36% of households in Three Creek rent, above 91% of cities. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 4% of homes in Three Creek have more than one occupant per room, above 83% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.