Scott is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 43% of adults in Scott typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Scott, ~8% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~57% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Scott compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Scott leans more Republican than 64 of 72 neighbors.
Scott runs about 44 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Scott 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 Scott, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 8% of adults in Scott hold a bachelor's degree, about 15 points below the Indiana average of 22%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 90% of households in Scott are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Scott, IN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Scott looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Scott is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 8% of homes in Scott have more than one occupant per room, above 95% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Scott sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Shipshewana, IN R+67
- White Pigeon, MI R+47
- Ontario, IN R+60
- Oakwood, MI R+45
- Vistula, IN R+58
- Middlebury, IN R+56
- Sturgis, MI R+30
- Howe, IN R+61
- Constantine, MI R+42
- Topeka, IN R+71
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bernhards Bay, NY R+43
- Louin, MS R+5
- Eldon, IA R+43
- Conover, WI R+29
- Ventura, IA R+32
- Kelso, TN R+76
- Lynnville, IN R+51
- Glenfield, NY R+50
- Grayland, WA R+21
- Parksville, KY R+65
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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.