Pleasant Valley, IA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Pleasant Valley

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

Pleasant Valley leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.

 

About more than 99% of adults in Pleasant Valley typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pleasant Valley, ~44% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~-5% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Pleasant Valley compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Pleasant Valley leans more Republican than 12 of 77 neighbors.

Politically, Pleasant Valley sits close to the rest of Iowa.

Why Pleasant Valley 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 Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Pleasant Valley votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 41%, well above the Iowa average of 16%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Pleasant Valley are family households, above 75% of cities.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Pleasant Valley, IA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Pleasant Valley looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pleasant Valley 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 81%, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Pleasant Valley own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Pleasant Valley have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.