Powersville is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 69% of adults in Powersville typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Powersville, ~10% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~31% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Powersville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Powersville leans more Republican than 31 of 41 neighbors.
Powersville runs about 52 points more Republican than Missouri as a whole.
Why Powersville 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 Powersville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Powersville sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 11 points above the Missouri average of 87%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Powersville, MO sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Powersville looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 97% of households in Powersville own their home, about 19 points above the Missouri average of 78%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Sewal, IA R+63
- Lucerne, MO R+70
- Harvard, IA R+60
- Seymour, IA R+59
- Clio, IA R+58
- Allerton, IA R+62
- Ravanna, MO R+71
- Newtown, MO R+71
- Lemons, MO R+71
- Unionville, MO R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- Winchester, GA D+10
- Otto, WY R+79
- Dukes, MI R+14
- Dunn, TX R+77
- Leflore, MS R+67
- Dille, WV R+60
- Double Branches, GA R+52
- Evans Falls, PA R+46
- Cuzzart, WV R+65
- Turnerville, WY R+72
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Missouri 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.