Gnaw Bone leans heavily Republican by roughly 42 points: about 29% of voters vote Democratic and 71% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Gnaw Bone typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gnaw Bone, ~22% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~25% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gnaw Bone compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Gnaw Bone leans more Republican than 13 of 79 neighbors.
Gnaw Bone runs about 22 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Gnaw Bone. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+50) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+30), a spread of about 21 points.
Why Gnaw Bone 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 Gnaw Bone, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Gnaw Bone are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Gnaw Bone, IN sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Gnaw Bone looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Gnaw Bone 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 65%, about 5 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Nashville, IN R+38
- Stony Lonesome, IN R+38
- Pikes Peak, IN R+51
- Sweetwater Lake, IN R+46
- Story, IN R+38
- Burnsville, IN R+31
- Nineveh, IN R+51
- Fruitdale, IN R+50
- Mount Healthy, IN R+58
Cities with Similar Populations
- Fairview, WY R+79
- Blandburg, PA R+60
- Brighton Beach, SC R+29
- Hewlett Neck, NY R+45
- Preston, WA D+28
- Leon, NY R+59
- Lytton, OH R+50
- Callaway, MN R+48
- Poynor, TX R+44
- Forbestown, CA R+25
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.