Lake Park leans heavily Republican by roughly 40 points: about 30% of voters vote Democratic and 70% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Lake Park typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lake Park, ~20% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lake Park compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lake Park leans more Republican than 51 of 73 neighbors.
Lake Park runs about 21 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Lake Park 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 Lake Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 84% of households in Lake Park are family households, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Renting and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Lake Park, IN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Lake Park looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. More than 99% of households in Lake Park own their home, about 17 points above the Indiana average of 82%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Lake Park have completed high school, above 84% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- New Carlisle, IN R+28
- Rolling Prairie, IN R+40
- Mill Creek, IN R+45
- Tee Lake, IN R+32
- Galien, MI R+38
- Three Oaks, MI R+26
- Salem Heights, IN R+43
- Chain-O-Lakes, IN R+6
- Union Pier, MI D+5
- Woodland, IN R+20
Cities with Similar Populations
- Rogers Mill, PA R+63
- Miracle, KY R+79
- Beaver Island, MI D+13
- Pompey, NY R+16
- Ellenburg, NY R+34
- Corbin, KS R+66
- DePriest Bend, TN R+72
- Sherando, VA R+56
- Fords Corner, TX R+41
- Loraine, CA R+48
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Indiana 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.