Prather is a Republican stronghold. About 25% of voters here vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 81% of adults in Prather typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Prather, ~20% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~19% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Prather compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Prather leans more Republican than 26 of 76 neighbors.
Prather runs about 32 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Prather. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+58) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+12), a spread of about 47 points.
Why Prather 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 Prather, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 75% of households in Prather are family households, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Prather, IN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Prather looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 99% of adults in Prather have completed high school, about 8 points above the Indiana average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- McDaniel, IN R+52
- Mahalasville, IN R+55
- Martinsville, IN R+52
- Unionville, IN R+21
- Paragon, IN R+63
- Trevlac, IN R+42
- Willowbrook Estates, IN R+56
- Whitaker, IN R+59
- Needmore, IN R+17
Cities with Similar Populations
- Alpha, MI R+26
- California Hot Springs, CA R+42
- Foss, OK R+78
- Phoenix, MS R+65
- Stacer, IN R+42
- Fraser, NY Even
- Onward, IN R+56
- Pulaski, IL R+22
- Sawpit, CO D+57
- Maida, ND R+46
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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.