Ocoya is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 70% of adults in Ocoya typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ocoya, ~17% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ocoya compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ocoya leans more Republican than 37 of 56 neighbors.
Ocoya runs about 64 points more Republican than Illinois as a whole. Illinois leans Democratic overall, while Ocoya is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Ocoya 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 Ocoya, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 91% of residents in Ocoya drive to work alone, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 87% of households in Ocoya are family households, above 98% of cities. Ocoya runs against the grain of Illinois, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Ocoya, IL sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Ocoya looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Ocoya have completed high school, about 5 points above the Illinois average of 92%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Meadows, IL R+53
- Weston, IL R+52
- Rowe, IL R+51
- Flanagan, IL R+62
- Swygert, IL R+50
- Fairbury, IL R+41
Cities with Similar Populations
- Almo, ID R+84
- Plateau City, CO R+53
- New Pine Creek, CA R+57
- Hobbs, MD R+45
- Emigrant Gap, CA R+12
- Faulkner, IA R+56
- Alder, MT R+51
- Mabry, TX R+68
- Tide, OR R+16
- Time, IL R+67
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Illinois State Board of 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.