Gards Point is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 91% of adults in Gards Point typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gards Point, ~12% vote Democratic, ~79% Republican, and ~9% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gards Point compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Gards Point leans more Republican than 54 of 57 neighbors.
Gards Point runs about 85 points more Republican than Illinois as a whole. Illinois leans Democratic overall, while Gards Point is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Gards Point 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 Gards Point, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Gards Point, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Illinois average of 27%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 85% of households in Gards Point are family households, above 96% of cities. Gards Point runs against the grain of Illinois, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Gards Point, IL sits in the bottom tenth 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 Gards Point looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 94% of households in Gards Point own their home, about 15 points above the Illinois average of 80%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Gards Point have completed high school, above 88% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Bone Gap, IL R+72
- Samsville, IL R+71
- West Salem, IL R+71
- Patton, IL R+65
- Lancaster, IL R+50
- Mount Carmel, IL R+45
Cities with Similar Populations
- Stafford, OH R+67
- Crouch, ID R+41
- Altair, TX R+63
- Zag, KY R+65
- Ottenheim, KY R+73
- Endicott, NE R+59
- Gavers, OH R+60
- Williston, NC R+49
- Lower Bank, NJ R+32
- Pliny, WV R+60
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Illinois State Board of 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.