Old Bath is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 86% of adults in Old Bath typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Old Bath, ~15% vote Democratic, ~71% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Old Bath compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Old Bath leans more Republican than 66 of 82 neighbors.
Old Bath runs about 46 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Old Bath 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 Old Bath, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Old Bath are family households, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Old Bath, IN sits below the national average on this measure.
Why turnout in Old Bath looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Old Bath 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 64%, above 66% of cities. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Old Bath own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Old Bath have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- College Corner, OH R+45
- Roseburg, IN R+61
- Dunlapsville, IN R+60
- Cottage Grove, IN R+63
- Oxford, OH D+16
Cities with Similar Populations
- Collirene, AL D+77
- Burchard, NE R+65
- Grassy Cove, TN R+70
- Milo, AR R+80
- Vermillion, KS R+63
- Nelson, KY R+61
- Paradise, IL R+59
- Routon, LA R+92
- Genesee, WI R+36
- Annemanie, AL R+20
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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.