Ina is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 36% of adults in Ina typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ina, ~8% vote Democratic, ~28% Republican, and ~64% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ina compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ina leans more Republican than 39 of 78 neighbors.
Ina runs about 70 points more Republican than Illinois as a whole. Illinois leans Democratic overall, while Ina is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Ina 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 Ina, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 91% of residents in Ina drive to work alone, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Ina sits in the bottom quarter (about 5%, in the bottom fraction of cities). Ina runs against the grain of Illinois, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Ina, IL sits below the national average on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Ina looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 75% of adults in Ina have completed high school, about 15 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 4% of homes in Ina have more than one occupant per room, above 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Frisco, IL R+68
- Steel City, IL R+55
- Sesser, IL R+53
- Belle Rive, IL R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Valley Falls, NY R+33
- Bright Star, TX R+78
- Fallsburg, NY R+4
- Starks, LA R+84
- Castalia, NC R+16
- Dike, IA R+35
- Bowdoinham, ME R+7
- Dorchester, WI R+51
- Mount Savage, MD R+56
- Mount Zion, GA R+65
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Illinois State Board of 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.