Deer Mill is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Deer Mill typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Deer Mill, ~14% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Deer Mill compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Deer Mill leans more Republican than 53 of 86 neighbors.
Deer Mill runs about 42 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Deer Mill 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 Deer Mill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 86% of households in Deer Mill are family households, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Deer Mill, IN sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Deer Mill looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 97% of households in Deer Mill own their home, about 15 points above the Indiana average of 82%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Deer Mill have completed high school, above 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Waveland, IN R+61
- Milligan, IN R+65
- Alamo, IN R+61
- Russellville, IN R+63
- New Market, IN R+59
- Parkersburg, IN R+61
- Guion, IN R+65
- Yountsville, IN R+58
- Wallace, IN R+63
- Marshall, IN R+59
Cities with Similar Populations
- South Kingstown, RI D+15
- Rome, IA R+48
- Gnatville, AL R+85
- Rogers, LA R+95
- Fitzhugh, VA D+20
- Webb, IA R+55
- Dennison Corners, NY R+47
- Midtown, TN R+59
- Ulmer, SC R+33
- Rosine, KY R+70
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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.