Meridian Hills, IN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Meridian Hills

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

Meridian Hills leans Democratic by roughly 20 points: about 60% of voters vote Democratic and 40% Republican.

 

About 94% of adults in Meridian Hills typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Meridian Hills, ~57% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~5% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Meridian Hills compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Meridian Hills leans more Democratic than 85 of 89 neighbors.

Meridian Hills runs about 40 points more Democratic than Indiana as a whole. Indiana leans Republican overall, while Meridian Hills is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Why Meridian Hills 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 Meridian Hills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 80% of adults in Meridian Hills hold a bachelor's degree, about 52 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Meridian Hills sits in the top fifth on density (about 93%, above 97% of cities). Meridian Hills runs against the grain of Indiana, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Meridian Hills, IN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Meridian Hills looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Meridian Hills 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 79%, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Meridian Hills own their home, compared to around 72% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Meridian Hills have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. 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.