Pleasant Gardens is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 72% of adults in Pleasant Gardens typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pleasant Gardens, ~14% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pleasant Gardens compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pleasant Gardens leans more Republican than 79 of 100 neighbors.
Pleasant Gardens runs about 43 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Pleasant Gardens 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 Pleasant Gardens, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Pleasant Gardens, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 28 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 7 points below the Indiana average of 22%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 84% of households in Pleasant Gardens are family households, above 96% of cities.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Pleasant Gardens, IN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Pleasant Gardens looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. More than 99% of households in Pleasant Gardens own their home, about 18 points above the Indiana average of 82%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Reelsville, IN R+61
- Manhattan, IN R+14
- Harmony, IN R+53
- Knightsville, IN R+51
- Mount Meridian, IN R+59
- Limedale, IN R+55
- Asherville, IN R+53
- Carbon, IN R+59
- Greencastle, IN R+35
- Brazil, IN R+49
Cities with Similar Populations
- Limedale, AR R+62
- Richter, KS R+57
- La Paz Junction, IN R+56
- Leyden, MA D+9
- Macks Inn, ID R+48
- Wilksburg, SC R+19
- Scottsburg, OR R+35
- Pinetop, AZ D+23
- Kasoag, NY R+51
- Deaver, WY R+77
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.