Maxwell leans heavily Republican by roughly 34 points: about 33% of voters vote Democratic and 67% Republican.
About 75% of adults in Maxwell typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Maxwell, ~25% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~25% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Maxwell compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Maxwell leans more Republican than 37 of 62 neighbors.
Maxwell runs about 20 points more Republican than Iowa as a whole.
Why Maxwell 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 Maxwell, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 83% of households in Maxwell are family households, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Food insecurity and voter turnout
Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Maxwell, IA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.
Why turnout in Maxwell looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Maxwell 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in Maxwell own their home, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Iowa Center, IA R+29
- Collins, IA R+38
- Cambridge, IA R+25
- Enterprise, IA R+34
- Elkhart, IA R+34
- Mingo, IA R+43
- Shipley, IA R+11
- Midvale, IA R+26
- Valeria, IA R+42
- Nevada, IA R+12
Cities with Similar Populations
- Woodlawn, IL R+57
- Port Orford, OR Even
- Black Creek, NC R+38
- Republic, OH R+56
- Plymouth, CA R+38
- Imboden, AR R+71
- Kensett, AR R+46
- Center Ossipee, NH R+16
- Del Rey Oaks, CA D+27
- Fountainville, PA R+8
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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.