Vida is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Vida typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Vida, ~9% vote Democratic, ~64% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Vida compares
Vida sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable cities nearby.
Vida runs about 57 points more Republican than Montana as a whole.
Why Vida 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 Vida, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 1% of residents in Vida live in densely developed areas, about 12 points below the Montana average of 13%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Vida, MT sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Vida looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 93% of households in Vida own their home, about 16 points above the Montana average of 77%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Vida have completed high school, above 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Richey, MT R+74
- Wolf Point, MT D+6
- Poplar, MT D+30
- Circle, MT R+68
- Oswego, MT R+26
- Weldon, MT R+79
- Frazer, MT R+21
- Bloomfield, MT R+75
- Brockton, MT R+10
- Lindsay, MT R+76
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lock Berlin, NY R+40
- Shive, TX R+77
- Columbia Hills Corners, OH R+37
- East Cape Girardeau, IL R+53
- Wood, SD R+41
- Waka, TX R+88
- Reese, TX R+42
- New Buena Vista, PA R+69
- Beauregard, MS R+52
- Green Bank, WV R+57
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Montana 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.