Simpson is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Simpson typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Simpson, ~16% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Simpson compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Simpson leans more Republican than 35 of 73 neighbors.
Simpson runs about 38 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Simpson 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 Simpson, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Simpson are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Simpson, IN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Simpson looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Simpson is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 65%, about 5 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 96% of households in Simpson own their home, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Rockford, IN R+60
- Uniondale, IN R+58
- Lancaster, IN R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
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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.