Roann is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Roann typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Roann, ~13% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Roann compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Roann leans more Republican than 44 of 75 neighbors.
Roann runs about 41 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Roann 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 Roann, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Roann, about 95% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the Indiana average of 22%.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Roann, IN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Roann looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 93% of households in Roann own their home, about 11 points above the Indiana average of 82%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Stockdale, IN R+64
- Laketon, IN R+61
- Gilead, IN R+65
- Servia, IN R+62
- Denver, IN R+63
- North Manchester, IN R+39
- Urbana, IN R+63
- Silver Lake, IN R+62
- Richvalley, IN R+60
- Valley Brook, IN R+55
Cities with Similar Populations
- Point Lookout, NY Even
- Fletcher, OH R+65
- Avalon, NJ R+13
- Worthing, SD R+52
- Shueyville, IA R+6
- Nunn, CO R+66
- Ostrander, WA R+36
- Coverdale Crossroads, DE R+27
- Leslie, MO R+64
- Tullahassee, OK R+57
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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.