Sandy Beach is a Republican stronghold. About 25% of voters here vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Sandy Beach typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sandy Beach, ~16% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sandy Beach compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sandy Beach leans more Republican than 20 of 61 neighbors.
Sandy Beach runs about 32 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Sandy Beach 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 Sandy Beach, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 92% of residents in Sandy Beach drive to work alone, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high white share with below-average college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Sandy Beach fits that profile on both counts.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Sandy Beach, IN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Sandy Beach looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Sandy Beach have completed high school, about 7 points above the Indiana average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Pittsburg, IN R+57
- Yeoman, IN R+59
- Brookston, IN R+42
- Delphi, IN R+47
- Sleeth, IN R+59
- Chalmers, IN R+52
- Battle Ground, IN R+32
- Smithson, IN R+53
- Colburn, IN R+48
Cities with Similar Populations
- Waterford, MN R+21
- Campbell, NE R+72
- Wheatland, ND R+49
- Norway Lake, ME R+25
- Wallace, IN R+63
- St. Joseph, PA R+47
- Roddy, TN R+65
- White Cloud, KS R+60
- Nebo, AR R+16
- Springfield, ID R+72
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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.