Georgetown leans heavily Republican by roughly 48 points: about 26% of voters vote Democratic and 74% Republican.
About 85% of adults in Georgetown typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Georgetown, ~22% vote Democratic, ~63% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Georgetown compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Georgetown leans more Republican than 17 of 50 neighbors.
Georgetown runs about 35 points more Republican than Iowa as a whole.
Why Georgetown 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 Georgetown, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Georgetown sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 7 points above the Iowa average of 91%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Georgetown, IA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Georgetown looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Georgetown have completed high school, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Moravia, IA R+51
- Hamilton, IA R+51
- Avery, IA R+49
- Walnut City, IA R+53
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- Holmes, IA R+46
- Sayersville, VA R+68
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- Arneytown, NJ R+33
- Treece, KS R+68
- Trout Creek, NY R+42
- Coloma, MO R+71
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Iowa 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.