Hastings is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 44% of adults in Hastings typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Hastings, ~7% vote Democratic, ~37% Republican, and ~56% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Hastings compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Hastings leans more Republican than 69 of 70 neighbors.
Hastings runs about 50 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Hastings 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 Hastings, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 4% of adults in Hastings hold a bachelor's degree, about 18 points below the Indiana average of 22%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 91% of households in Hastings are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with low high-school-completion share tend to turn out at a lower rate; Hastings, IN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Hastings looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 49% of adults in Hastings have completed high school, about 41 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Nappanee, IN R+57
- Milford, IN R+60
- Etna Green, IN R+65
- Milford Junction, IN R+65
- Clunette, IN R+54
- Atwood, IN R+56
- Foraker, IN R+69
- Bourbon, IN R+54
- Warsaw, IN R+39
Cities with Similar Populations
- Newell, SD R+75
- Tennessee City, TN R+63
- Madray Springs, GA R+84
- Heather Glen, CA R+23
- Tryon, OK R+71
- Walton, WV R+64
- Irasburg, VT R+27
- Nerstrand, MN R+32
- Essex, IA R+46
- Rhea, AR R+55
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.