Pettit-Rudisill, Fort Wayne, IN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Pettit-Rudisill

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

Pettit-Rudisill is a Democratic stronghold. About 80% of voters here vote Democratic and 20% Republican.

 

About 28% of adults in Pettit-Rudisill typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pettit-Rudisill, ~22% vote Democratic, ~6% Republican, and ~72% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Pettit-Rudisill compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Pettit-Rudisill leans more Democratic than 3 of 4 neighbors.

Pettit-Rudisill runs about 80 points more Democratic than Indiana as a whole. Indiana leans Republican overall, while Pettit-Rudisill is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Pettit-Rudisill. The north side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+72) and the west side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+50), a spread of about 22 points.

Why Pettit-Rudisill leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Pettit-Rudisill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Pettit-Rudisill live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 54% of adults in Pettit-Rudisill have never been married, above 88% of neighborhoods. Pettit-Rudisill runs against the grain of Indiana, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Pettit-Rudisill, Fort Wayne, IN sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Pettit-Rudisill looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Pettit-Rudisill is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 40%, about 21 points below the Indiana average of 61%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 40% of adults in Pettit-Rudisill report food insecurity, above 93% of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 67% of adults in Pettit-Rudisill have completed high school, below 96% of neighborhoods. 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 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.