Plainville is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 53% of adults in Plainville typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Plainville, ~7% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~47% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Plainville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Plainville leans more Republican than 73 of 76 neighbors.
Plainville runs about 54 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Plainville 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 Plainville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 11% of adults in Plainville hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the Indiana average of 22%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Plainville are family households, above 83% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Plainville, IN sits in the bottom quarter 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 Plainville looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 6% of homes in Plainville have more than one occupant per room, above 91% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 70% of adults in Plainville have completed high school, below 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Epsom, IN R+77
- Elnora, IN R+65
- Westphalia, IN R+61
- Raglesville, IN R+78
- Sandborn, IN R+61
- Washington, IN R+46
- Montgomery, IN R+69
- Odon, IN R+68
- Edwardsport, IN R+61
- Cannelburg, IN R+74
Cities with Similar Populations
- Great Bend, PA R+32
- Five Points, PA R+18
- Mica, WA R+34
- Saulsbury, TN R+30
- Underwood, WA D+7
- Ulysses, PA R+67
- Dublin, IN R+53
- Kinlichee, AZ D+56
- Wanblee, SD D+43
- Mandaree, ND D+29
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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.