Floyds Knobs leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.
About 89% of adults in Floyds Knobs typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Floyds Knobs, ~30% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~11% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Floyds Knobs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Floyds Knobs leans more Republican than 59 of 116 neighbors.
Floyds Knobs runs about 13 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Floyds Knobs. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+41) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+26), a spread of about 15 points.
Why Floyds Knobs 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 Floyds Knobs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Floyds Knobs votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 26%, about 10 points below the U.S. average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Floyds Knobs are family households, above 89% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Floyds Knobs, IN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Floyds Knobs looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Floyds Knobs 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 95% of households in Floyds Knobs own their home, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Floyds Knobs have completed high school, above 92% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- New Albany, IN R+6
- Georgetown, IN R+41
- Greenville, IN R+45
- Edwardsville, IN R+44
- Broom Hill, IN R+53
- Carwood, IN R+50
- Borden, IN R+51
- Sellersburg, IN R+30
- Clarksville, IN R+8
Cities with Similar Populations
- Manchester, KY R+69
- Wauchula, FL R+41
- Buzzards Bay, MA D+6
- Whitestown, IN R+9
- Kingsgate, WA D+40
- Osceola, IN R+27
- California, MD R+3
- Boyds, MD D+40
- Waddell, AZ R+35
- Greenbrier, TN R+54
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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.