Ipava is a Republican stronghold. About 25% of voters here vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Ipava typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ipava, ~18% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ipava compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ipava leans more Republican than 38 of 57 neighbors.
Ipava runs about 61 points more Republican than Illinois as a whole. Illinois leans Democratic overall, while Ipava is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Ipava 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 Ipava, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Ipava votes against the grain of Illinois. Illinois leans Democratic overall, while Ipava runs about 61 points more Republican. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 86% of residents in Ipava drive to work alone, above 86% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Ipava are family households, above 81% of cities.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Ipava, IL does.
Why turnout in Ipava looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Ipava have completed high school, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Paincourtville, LA D+11
- Lorane, IN R+56
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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.