Pistakee Highlands, IL Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Pistakee Highlands

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

Pistakee Highlands leans slightly Republican by roughly 14 points: about 43% of voters vote Democratic and 57% Republican.

 

About 87% of adults in Pistakee Highlands typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pistakee Highlands, ~37% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~13% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Pistakee Highlands compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Pistakee Highlands leans more Republican than 92 of 141 neighbors.

Pistakee Highlands runs about 25 points more Republican than Illinois as a whole. Illinois leans Democratic overall, while Pistakee Highlands is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

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

Pistakee Highlands votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 76%, far above the Illinois average of 33%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. Pistakee Highlands runs against the grain of Illinois, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Pistakee Highlands, IL sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Pistakee Highlands looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 90% of households in Pistakee Highlands own their home, about 11 points above the Illinois average of 80%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Pistakee Highlands have completed high school, above 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Illinois State Board of 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.