Granger Homesteads leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Granger Homesteads typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Granger Homesteads, ~19% vote Democratic, ~37% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Granger Homesteads compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Granger Homesteads leans more Republican than 40 of 59 neighbors.
Granger Homesteads runs about 19 points more Republican than Iowa as a whole.
Why Granger Homesteads 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 Granger Homesteads, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 79% of households in Granger Homesteads are family households, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Granger Homesteads, IA sits in the top 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 Granger Homesteads looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Granger Homesteads 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 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Granger, IA R+32
- Woodward, IA R+32
- Grimes, IA R+3
- Polk City, IA R+28
- Madrid, IA R+25
- Dallas Center, IA R+32
- Bouton, IA R+35
- Johnston, IA D+8
- Sheldahl, IA R+28
- Minburn, IA R+35
Cities with Similar Populations
- Midway, MS R+20
- Hagarville, AR R+64
- Henderson, AL R+58
- Texas, OH R+60
- Prior, GA R+76
- Liberty, KS R+68
- Peytons Store, KY R+69
- Royalton, OH R+52
- Dakota, MN R+17
- Seneca, MS R+48
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.