Ellisville leans heavily Republican by roughly 42 points: about 29% of voters vote Democratic and 71% Republican.
About 93% of adults in Ellisville typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ellisville, ~27% vote Democratic, ~66% Republican, and ~7% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ellisville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ellisville leans more Republican than 7 of 77 neighbors.
Ellisville runs about 22 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Ellisville 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 Ellisville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 82% of households in Ellisville are family households, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Dense places usually vote Democratic, but Ellisville runs against that pattern.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Ellisville, 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 Ellisville looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Ellisville 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 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Ellisville have completed high school, above 81% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Yoder, IN R+50
- Roanoke, IN R+45
- Zanesville, IN R+54
- Mahon, IN R+49
- Nine Mile, IN R+34
- Ossian, IN R+54
- Markle, IN R+56
- Laud, IN R+54
- Uniondale, IN R+58
- Poe, IN R+58
Cities with Similar Populations
- Winton, AL R+78
- Becker, MS R+81
- Milnesand, NM R+77
- Jerome, FL R+55
- Shellmound, MS R+36
- Ridgewood, PA R+9
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.