Howards Grove leans heavily Republican by roughly 36 points: about 32% of voters vote Democratic and 68% Republican.
About 82% of adults in Howards Grove typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Howards Grove, ~26% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~18% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Howards Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Howards Grove leans more Republican than 8 of 58 neighbors.
Howards Grove runs about 34 points more Republican than Wisconsin as a whole.
Why Howards Grove 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 Howards Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Howards Grove votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 23%, about 13 points below the U.S. average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Howards Grove, WI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Howards Grove looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Howards Grove 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Howards Grove have completed high school, above 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Johnsonville, WI R+34
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- Kohler, WI R+10
- Sheboygan Falls, WI R+22
- Cleveland, WI R+39
- Sheboygan, WI Even
- Rhine, WI R+30
- Elkhart Lake, WI R+29
- Millhome, WI R+35
- Ourtown, WI R+40
Cities with Similar Populations
- North Shore, CA D+16
- Palmyra, WI R+31
- Gunnison, UT R+64
- Osgood, IN R+62
- Shortsville, NY R+22
- Shepherd, MT R+62
- Piedmont, MO R+64
- McColl, SC R+28
- Athens, IL R+42
- Edwards, IL R+14
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Wisconsin Elections Commission, 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.