Pottawattamie Park, IN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Pottawattamie Park

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

Pottawattamie Park leans Democratic by roughly 20 points: about 60% of voters vote Democratic and 40% Republican.

 

About 74% of adults in Pottawattamie Park typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pottawattamie Park, ~44% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Pottawattamie Park compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Pottawattamie Park leans more Democratic than 56 of 57 neighbors.

Pottawattamie Park runs about 38 points more Democratic than Indiana as a whole. Indiana leans Republican overall, while Pottawattamie Park is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Why Pottawattamie Park 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 Pottawattamie Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 57% of adults in Pottawattamie Park hold a bachelor's degree, about 28 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Pottawattamie Park sits in the top fifth on density (about 41%, above 84% of cities). Pottawattamie Park runs against the grain of Indiana, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Pottawattamie Park, IN sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Pottawattamie Park looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pottawattamie Park 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 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Pottawattamie Park have completed high school, above 92% 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 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.