Pleasant Prairie leans heavily Republican by roughly 36 points: about 32% of voters vote Democratic and 68% Republican.
About 85% of adults in Pleasant Prairie typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pleasant Prairie, ~27% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pleasant Prairie compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pleasant Prairie leans more Republican than 22 of 49 neighbors.
Pleasant Prairie runs about 23 points more Republican than Iowa as a whole.
Why Pleasant Prairie 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 Prairie, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 12% of adults in Pleasant Prairie hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the Iowa average of 24%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Pleasant Prairie are family households, above 89% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Pleasant Prairie, IA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Pleasant Prairie looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pleasant Prairie 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Muscatine, IA R+11
- Fruitland, IA R+38
- Sweetland Center, IA R+37
- Nichols, IA R+35
- Moscow, IA R+38
- Illinois City, IL R+38
- Atalissa, IA R+39
- Letts, IA R+42
- New Era, IA R+27
- Wilton, IA R+27
Cities with Similar Populations
- Claiborne, OH R+58
- Millard, WI R+37
- Chimney Rock, NC R+34
- Milford, CA R+45
- Chestnut Crossroads, PA R+52
- Eagle Grove, GA R+50
- Degolia, PA R+44
- Timberlinks, TN R+41
- Carlisle Springs, PA R+41
- Sweatman, MS R+23
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.