Ida leans heavily Republican by roughly 44 points: about 28% of voters vote Democratic and 72% Republican.
About 91% of adults in Ida typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ida, ~25% vote Democratic, ~66% Republican, and ~9% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ida compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ida leans more Republican than 65 of 76 neighbors.
Ida runs about 42 points more Republican than Michigan as a whole.
Why Ida 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 Ida, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Ida are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Ida, MI sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Ida looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Ida 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 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Ida own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lulu, MI R+45
- Samaria, MI R+40
- Petersburg, MI R+40
- Dundee, MI R+27
- La Salle, MI R+40
- Detroit Beach, MI R+26
- Temperance, MI R+27
- Luna Pier, MI R+17
- Erie, MI R+32
- Lambertville, MI R+25
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ochlocknee, GA R+69
- Charles City, VA D+9
- Tybee Island, GA R+28
- Frazeysburg, OH R+61
- Wixon Valley, TX R+51
- Helper, UT R+53
- Yucca, AZ R+37
- Ohioville, PA R+45
- Bainbridge, NY R+39
- Greenwich, OH R+61
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Michigan Department 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.