Yutan leans heavily Republican by roughly 50 points: about 25% of voters vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Yutan typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Yutan, ~17% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Yutan compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Yutan leans more Republican than 38 of 54 neighbors.
Yutan runs about 29 points more Republican than Nebraska as a whole.
Why Yutan 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 Yutan, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 81% of households in Yutan are family households, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Food insecurity and voter turnout
Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Yutan, NE sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.
Why turnout in Yutan looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Yutan is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Yutan have completed high school, above 81% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Venice, NE R+40
- Waterloo, NE R+34
- Mead, NE R+52
- Valley, NE R+32
- Leshara, NE R+49
- King Lake, NE R+38
- Wann, NE R+52
- Elkhorn, NE R+17
- Ithaca, NE R+53
- Gretna, NE R+28
Cities with Similar Populations
- Younger Creek, KY R+43
- Almo, KY R+54
- Merriam Woods, MO R+60
- Trebeins, OH R+27
- Bethel, VT D+17
- Plumerville, AR R+35
- Bartlett, TX R+36
- Iuka, IL R+69
- Orangeville, MI R+23
- Ramona, OK R+60
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Nebraska 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.