Martindale-Brightwood, Indianapolis, IN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Martindale-Brightwood

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Martindale-Brightwood is a Democratic stronghold. About 83% of voters here vote Democratic and 17% Republican.

 

About 47% of adults in Martindale-Brightwood typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Martindale-Brightwood, ~39% vote Democratic, ~8% Republican, and ~53% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Martindale-Brightwood compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Martindale-Brightwood leans more Democratic than 7 of 10 neighbors.

Martindale-Brightwood runs about 85 points more Democratic than Indiana as a whole. Indiana leans Republican overall, while Martindale-Brightwood is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Martindale-Brightwood. The northwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+79) and the east side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+42), a spread of about 37 points.

Why Martindale-Brightwood leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Martindale-Brightwood, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Martindale-Brightwood live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 58% of adults in Martindale-Brightwood have never been married, above 91% of neighborhoods. Martindale-Brightwood runs against the grain of Indiana, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout

Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Martindale-Brightwood, Indianapolis, IN does.

Why turnout in Martindale-Brightwood looks the way it does

High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Martindale-Brightwood sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 30% of adults in Martindale-Brightwood report food insecurity, above 82% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.