Shoals is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Shoals typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shoals, ~12% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Shoals compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Shoals leans more Republican than 52 of 80 neighbors.
Shoals runs about 42 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Shoals 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 Shoals, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Shoals, about 94% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 22 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%.
Park access and Democratic lean
Places with heavy park coverage tend to lean Democratic; Shoals, IN sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Shoals looks the way it does
Turnout in Shoals sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
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- Dover Hill, IN R+60
- Willow Valley, IN R+66
- Hindostan Falls, IN R+64
- Scenic Hill, IN R+66
- Windom, IN R+67
- Loogootee, IN R+60
- Roland, IN R+63
- Huron, IN R+62
Cities with Similar Populations
- Plainville, GA R+74
- Huntsville, OH R+56
- Sattler, TX R+58
- Leon, IA R+50
- Van Buren, ME R+32
- Cheshire, MA Even
- Cannelburg, IN R+74
- Manson, NC D+28
- Fairbank, IA R+44
- Corning, IA R+41
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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.