Clare, IA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Clare

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

Clare is a Republican stronghold. About 25% of voters here vote Democratic and 75% Republican.

 

About 74% of adults in Clare typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Clare, ~18% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Clare compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Clare leans more Republican than 25 of 48 neighbors.

Clare runs about 38 points more Republican than Iowa as a whole.

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

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 84% of households in Clare are family households, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 85% of residents in Clare drive to work alone, above 81% of cities.

Population density and Republican lean

Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Clare, IA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Clare looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Clare 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 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 95% of households in Clare own their home, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Clare have completed high school, above 87% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Iowa 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.