Pine Valley is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Pine Valley typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pine Valley, ~11% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pine Valley compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pine Valley leans more Republican than 67 of 84 neighbors.
Pine Valley runs about 44 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Pine Valley 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 Pine Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Pine Valley, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the Indiana average of 22%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Pine Valley, IN sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Pine Valley looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 14% of homes in Pine Valley have more than one occupant per room, above 98% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 81% of adults in Pine Valley have completed high school, below 90% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Valeene, IN R+61
- Rego, IN R+64
- Youngs Creek, IN R+52
- Hardinsburg, IN R+61
- Paoli, IN R+48
- Marengo, IN R+54
- Temple, IN R+50
- Livonia, IN R+64
- Syria, IN R+61
- Taswell, IN R+55
Cities with Similar Populations
- Morning Glory, KY R+63
- Alice, ND R+44
- Durbintown, KY R+66
- Drift Creek, OR R+3
- Reva, SD R+88
- Ketchumville, NY R+28
- Mormon Lake, AZ R+31
- Shields, ND R+41
- Fairacres, NM R+20
- Meridian, CO D+19
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.