Keswick is a Republican stronghold. About 23% of voters here vote Democratic and 77% Republican.
About 75% of adults in Keswick typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Keswick, ~17% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Keswick compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Keswick leans more Republican than 44 of 48 neighbors.
Keswick runs about 40 points more Republican than Iowa as a whole.
Why Keswick 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 Keswick, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Keswick, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points below the Iowa average of 24%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 90% of residents in Keswick drive to work alone, above 94% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Keswick, IA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Keswick looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. More than 99% of adults in Keswick have completed high school, about 5 points above the Iowa average of 94%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Webster, IA R+51
- What Cheer, IA R+50
- Gibson, IA R+53
- South English, IA R+50
- Hayesville, IA R+46
- Sigourney, IA R+39
- Millersburg, IA R+43
- Deep River, IA R+49
- North English, IA R+42
Cities with Similar Populations
- Hillsborough Upper Village, NH R+23
- Whitlock, TN R+62
- Alstead Center, NH R+17
- Browning, KY R+57
- Lower Wire Village, MA R+17
- Strawtown, IN R+53
- Bruning, NE R+68
- Highland Pines, GA R+51
- Wallace, LA R+51
- Rollersville, OH R+50
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Iowa Secretary 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.