Ellis is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 70% of adults in Ellis typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ellis, ~14% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ellis compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ellis leans more Republican than 36 of 85 neighbors.
Ellis runs about 41 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Ellis 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 Ellis, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Ellis, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 15 points below the Indiana average of 22%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 88% of residents in Ellis drive to work alone, above 90% of cities.
Income per capita and voter turnout
Places with high per-capita income tend to turn out at a higher rate; Ellis, IN sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Ellis looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Ellis have completed high school, about 7 points above the Indiana average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.