Conway is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Conway typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Conway, ~16% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Conway compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Conway leans more Republican than 12 of 40 neighbors.
Conway runs about 39 points more Republican than Iowa as a whole.
Why Conway 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 Conway, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Conway, about 95% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the Iowa average of 24%.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Conway, IA does.
Why turnout in Conway looks the way it does
Turnout in Conway sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Blockton, IA R+59
- Maloy, IA R+55
- Benton, IA R+55
- New Market, IA R+59
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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.