Sandusky leans heavily Republican by roughly 36 points: about 32% of voters vote Democratic and 68% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Sandusky typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sandusky, ~20% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sandusky compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sandusky leans more Republican than 48 of 52 neighbors.
Sandusky runs about 34 points more Republican than Wisconsin as a whole.
Why Sandusky 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 Sandusky, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 80% of households in Sandusky are family households, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Sandusky, WI 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 Sandusky looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 14% of homes in Sandusky have more than one occupant per room, above 98% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 82% of adults in Sandusky have completed high school, below 87% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Hill Point, WI R+33
- Loyd, WI R+25
- Lime Ridge, WI R+38
- Keyesville, WI R+22
- Loganville, WI R+36
- Ithaca, WI R+21
- Cazenovia, WI R+20
- Ironton, WI R+41
- Plain, WI R+35
- Buck Creek, WI R+25
Cities with Similar Populations
- Abbyville, KS R+61
- Albert, KS R+67
- Otway, NC R+54
- Radley, IN R+60
- New Vernon, PA R+61
- Bigler, PA R+65
- Gerlaw, IL R+46
- Rossie, NY R+41
- Pine Grove Beach, MI R+33
- Jameson, MO R+67
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Wisconsin Elections Commission, 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.