Lambs Grove leans heavily Republican by roughly 36 points: about 32% of voters vote Democratic and 68% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Lambs Grove typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lambs Grove, ~24% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lambs Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lambs Grove leans more Republican than 23 of 51 neighbors.
Lambs Grove runs about 23 points more Republican than Iowa as a whole.
Why Lambs Grove 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 Lambs Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Lambs Grove, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 points below the Iowa average of 24%. Dense places usually vote Democratic, but Lambs Grove runs against that pattern.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Lambs Grove, IA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Lambs Grove looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Lambs Grove 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 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Lambs Grove have completed high school, above 89% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Newton, IA R+20
- Goddard, IA R+45
- Killduff, IA R+51
- Colfax, IA R+31
- Ira, IA R+45
- Baxter, IA R+39
- Kellogg, IA R+46
- Green Castle, IA R+40
- Monroe, IA R+18
- Prairie City, IA R+34
Cities with Similar Populations
- Youngs, NY R+32
- Zim, MN R+23
- Peniel, WV R+64
- Wymer, WV R+66
- Glen Ferris, WV R+51
- Delphos, IA R+54
- Haile, LA R+87
- Lively Grove, IL R+59
- Hageman, OH R+28
- Belvidere, NE R+69
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.