Rum Village, South Bend, IN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Rum Village

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

Rum Village leans Democratic by roughly 28 points: about 64% of voters vote Democratic and 36% Republican.

 

About 33% of adults in Rum Village typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rum Village, ~21% vote Democratic, ~12% Republican, and ~67% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Rum Village compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Rum Village leans more Democratic than 1 of 5 neighbors.

Rum Village runs about 48 points more Democratic than Indiana as a whole. Indiana leans Republican overall, while Rum Village is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Rum Village. The northwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+43) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+18), a spread of about 25 points.

Why Rum Village leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Rum Village, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Rum Village votes against the grain of Indiana. Indiana leans Republican overall, while Rum Village runs about 48 points more Democratic. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 50% of adults in Rum Village have never been married, above 82% of neighborhoods.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Rum Village, South Bend, IN sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Rum Village looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Rum Village is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 45%, about 16 points below the Indiana average of 61%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 37% of adults in Rum Village report food insecurity, above 91% of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 84% of adults in Rum Village have completed high school, below 79% of neighborhoods. 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.