Yoder is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 53% of adults in Yoder typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Yoder, ~9% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~47% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Yoder compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Yoder leans more Republican than 3 of 4 neighbors.
Yoder runs about 75 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Yoder is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Yoder 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 Yoder, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Yoder votes against the grain of Colorado. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Yoder runs about 75 points more Republican.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Yoder, CO sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Yoder 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. Yoder sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Rush, CO R+65
- Ellicott, CO R+50
- Calhan, CO R+58
- Ramah, CO R+60
- Peyton, CO R+41
- Fountain, CO R+16
- Security-Widefield, CO R+10
- Cimarron Hills, CO R+8
- Matheson, CO R+61
- Pinon, CO R+25
Cities with Similar Populations
- Baldwin Place, NY R+6
- Avery, TX R+70
- Mount Hood Village, OR D+5
- Colver, PA R+48
- Nye, WI R+37
- Shelter Island Heights, NY D+31
- Walton, NE R+42
- Pinetown, NC R+57
- Trout Creek, MT R+59
- Shevlin, MN R+52
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Colorado 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.