Malden leans heavily Republican by roughly 44 points: about 28% of voters vote Democratic and 72% Republican.
About 81% of adults in Malden typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Malden, ~23% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~19% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Malden compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Malden leans more Republican than 42 of 73 neighbors.
Malden runs about 24 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Malden 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 Malden, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 90% of residents in Malden drive to work alone, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 86% of households in Malden are family households, above 98% of cities.
Renting and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Malden, IN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Malden looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Malden 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 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in Malden own their home, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Malden have completed high school, above 90% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Kouts, IN R+40
- Boone Grove, IN R+46
- Valparaiso, IN R+10
- Wanatah, IN R+42
- La Crosse, IN R+45
- Wilders, IN R+48
- Hebron, IN R+35
- Thomaston, IN R+45
- Deep River, IN R+31
- Wheeler, IN R+33
Cities with Similar Populations
- Freedom, NY R+58
- St. Louis, OK R+70
- Lake Talmadge, GA D+39
- Klamath, CA R+13
- Shabbona, MI R+61
- Plandome Heights, NY R+8
- Printer, KY R+62
- Auxier, KY R+57
- Montville, NY R+31
- Hygiene, CO D+29
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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.