Spirit Falls leans heavily Republican by roughly 38 points: about 31% of voters vote Democratic and 69% Republican.
About 75% of adults in Spirit Falls typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Spirit Falls, ~23% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~25% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Spirit Falls compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Spirit Falls leans more Republican than 11 of 23 neighbors.
Spirit Falls runs about 38 points more Republican than Wisconsin as a whole.
Why Spirit Falls 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 Spirit Falls, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Spirit Falls sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 11 points above the Wisconsin average of 87%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Spirit Falls, WI sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Spirit Falls looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Spirit Falls 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 96% of households in Spirit Falls 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.
Nearby Cities
- Spirit, WI R+41
- Tomahawk, WI R+28
- Jersey City, WI R+33
- Tripoli, WI R+33
- Heafford Junction, WI R+31
- Dover, WI R+39
- Brantwood, WI R+39
- Rib Lake, WI R+51
- Irma, WI R+33
- Ogema, WI R+45
Cities with Similar Populations
- Powys, PA R+59
- Eagan, TN R+74
- Hastings, WV R+68
- Delphos, IA R+54
- Mc Caulley, TX R+74
- McLeod, MS D+28
- Friendship, IN R+69
- Wehadkee, AL R+69
- Milledgeville, IN R+55
- Hiattville, KS R+68
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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.