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

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

Persia is a Republican stronghold. About 25% of voters here vote Democratic and 75% Republican.

 

About 82% of adults in Persia typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Persia, ~20% vote Democratic, ~62% Republican, and ~18% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Persia compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Persia leans more Republican than 24 of 35 neighbors.

Persia runs about 37 points more Republican than Iowa as a whole.

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

Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Persia sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 7 points above the Iowa average of 91%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 86% of households in Persia are family households, above 97% of cities.

High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout

Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Persia, IA does.

Why turnout in Persia looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Persia 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 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Persia have completed high school, above 93% 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.