Paris, IA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Paris

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

Paris is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.

 

About 54% of adults in Paris typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Paris, ~10% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Paris compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Paris leans more Republican than 43 of 51 neighbors.

Paris runs about 51 points more Republican than Iowa as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Paris, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the Iowa average of 24%.

High-school completion and voter turnout

Places with low high-school-completion share tend to turn out at a lower rate; Paris, IA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Paris looks the way it does

Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 6% of homes in Paris have more than one occupant per room, above 92% 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 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.