Nine Mile leans heavily Republican by roughly 34 points: about 33% of voters vote Democratic and 67% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Nine Mile typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Nine Mile, ~22% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Nine Mile compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Nine Mile leans more Republican than 2 of 77 neighbors.
Nine Mile runs about 15 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Nine Mile. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+47) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+31), a spread of about 16 points.
Why Nine Mile 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 Nine Mile, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 89% of residents in Nine Mile drive to work alone, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 74%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Nine Mile, IN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Nine Mile looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Nine Mile 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 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 96% of households in Nine Mile own their home, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Nine Mile have completed high school, above 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Yoder, IN R+50
- Poe, IN R+58
- Ellisville, IN R+41
- Hoagland, IN R+55
- Ossian, IN R+54
- Fort Wayne, IN D+2
- Zanesville, IN R+54
- New Haven, IN R+29
- Tocsin, IN R+65
- Maples, IN R+55
Cities with Similar Populations
- Troy, SC R+18
- Tennyson, WI R+37
- Ubet, WI R+31
- West Townshend, VT D+17
- Gilt Edge, TN R+77
- Bowie, AZ R+58
- Klagetoh, AZ D+55
- Macune, TX R+64
- Chamois, MO R+70
- Lynn, AR R+73
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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.