Pleasant Grove is a Republican stronghold. About 25% of voters here vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 86% of adults in Pleasant Grove typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pleasant Grove, ~22% vote Democratic, ~64% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pleasant Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pleasant Grove leans more Republican than 58 of 60 neighbors.
Pleasant Grove runs about 37 points more Republican than Iowa as a whole.
Why Pleasant Grove 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 Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 98% of residents in Pleasant Grove drive to work alone, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 74%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Pleasant Grove, IA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Pleasant Grove looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pleasant Grove is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 70%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Yarmouth, IA R+52
- Danville, IA R+33
- New London, IA R+35
- Sperry, IA R+43
- Middletown, IA R+40
- Kossuth, IA R+28
- Mount Union, IA R+43
- Mediapolis, IA R+30
- West Burlington, IA R+15
- Latty, IA R+37
Cities with Similar Populations
- Merrill, MS R+61
- Perry Mills, NY R+19
- Mascot, VA R+35
- Diamond, WA R+54
- Thornton, NH D+3
- Perth, VA R+31
- Klukwan, AK R+21
- Coldwater, TN R+76
- Government Camp, OR D+7
- Los Berros, CA R+19
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Iowa 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.