Wendover, UT Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Wendover

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

Wendover is a Republican stronghold. About 23% of voters here vote Democratic and 77% Republican.

 

About 9% of adults in Wendover typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wendover, ~2% vote Democratic, ~7% Republican, and ~91% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Wendover compares

Wendover runs about 33 points more Republican than Utah as a whole.

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

Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 9% of adults in Wendover hold a bachelor's degree, about 22 points below the Utah average of 31%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Wendover sits in the bottom quarter on density (fewer than 1%, in the bottom fraction of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Wendover are family households, above 77% of cities.

Population density and Republican lean

Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Wendover, UT sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Wendover looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Wendover 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 68% of households in Wendover rent, compared to around 20% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 26% of adults in Wendover report food insecurity, above 92% 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 Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office, 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.