Bath is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 89% of adults in Bath typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bath, ~15% vote Democratic, ~74% Republican, and ~11% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bath compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bath leans more Republican than 76 of 89 neighbors.
Bath runs about 47 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Bath 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 Bath, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Bath are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Bath, IN sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Bath looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Bath 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 65%, above 67% of cities. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Bath own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Bath have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Old Bath, IN R+65
- West College Corner, IN R+59
- Mount Carmel, IN R+68
- Oxford, OH D+16
- Reily, OH R+53
- Whitcomb, IN R+66
- College Corner, OH R+45
- Cottage Grove, IN R+63
- New Fairfield, IN R+66
- Cedar Grove, IN R+68
Cities with Similar Populations
- Fort McDermitt, NV R+15
- Orangeburg, KY R+61
- Dryburg, VA R+29
- Roaring Springs, TX R+90
- Maysville, IN R+64
- Washington, MA D+17
- Topsey, TX R+65
- Warm Springs, AR R+72
- Shelly, MN R+42
- Shelby, TX R+71
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Indiana 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.