Moingona leans heavily Republican by roughly 36 points: about 32% of voters vote Democratic and 68% Republican.
About 80% of adults in Moingona typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Moingona, ~26% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~20% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Moingona compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Moingona leans more Republican than 36 of 57 neighbors.
Moingona runs about 22 points more Republican than Iowa as a whole.
Why Moingona 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 Moingona, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in Moingona are family households, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Moingona, IA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Moingona looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Moingona 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 95% of households in Moingona own their home, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Moingona have completed high school, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Luther, IA R+33
- Boone, IA R+18
- Logansport, IA R+40
- Ogden, IA R+38
- Ericson, IA R+31
- Woodward, IA R+32
- Jordan, IA R+25
- Madrid, IA R+25
- Fraser, IA R+32
- Bouton, IA R+35
Cities with Similar Populations
- Wells, NY R+49
- Winterstown, PA R+56
- Rock Spring, NC D+26
- West Galway, NY R+20
- Long, OK R+68
- Rudd, IA R+42
- Bay View, OH R+28
- Green Creek, IL R+67
- White Mills, KY R+63
- Depauville, NY R+40
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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.