Ironton leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.
About 85% of adults in Ironton typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ironton, ~38% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ironton compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ironton leans more Republican than 9 of 33 neighbors.
Ironton runs about 8 points more Republican than Michigan as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Ironton. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+28) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+4), a spread of about 24 points.
Why Ironton 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 Ironton, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 75% of households in Ironton are family households, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Ironton, MI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Ironton looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Ironton 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 77%, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Ironton own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Ironton have completed high school, above 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Charlevoix, MI R+10
- Horton Bay, MI R+13
- Burgess, MI R+10
- Ellsworth, MI R+26
- East Jordan, MI R+31
- Boyne City, MI R+19
- Zenith Heights, MI R+15
- Bay Shore, MI R+11
- Norwood, MI R+21
- Pleasant Valley, MI R+37
Cities with Similar Populations
- Omega, OH R+57
- Trinity, MS D+45
- Traver, CA R+43
- Riversburg, TN R+60
- Vredenburgh, AL D+4
- Atlanta, MS R+31
- Wheatley, KY R+64
- Yoder, KS R+62
- Fernan Lake Village, ID R+28
- Snow Hollow Lake, MO R+62
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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.