Spring Garden is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 47% of adults in Spring Garden typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Spring Garden, ~9% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~53% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Spring Garden compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Spring Garden leans more Republican than 44 of 75 neighbors.
Spring Garden runs about 73 points more Republican than Illinois as a whole. Illinois leans Democratic overall, while Spring Garden is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Spring Garden 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 Spring Garden, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 7% of adults in Spring Garden hold a bachelor's degree, about 19 points below the Illinois average of 27%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 88% of residents in Spring Garden drive to work alone, above 89% of cities. Spring Garden runs against the grain of Illinois, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Spring Garden, IL sits below the national average on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Spring Garden looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 81% of adults in Spring Garden have completed high school, about 8 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Cities with Similar Populations
- Allentown, FL R+74
- Kiro, KS R+40
- Brodtville, WI R+43
- Weekstown, NJ R+33
- Grace, SC R+20
- Coleman, MD R+6
- Rogers, NM R+77
- Thurlow, KY R+72
- Vosburg, NY R+45
- New Lebanon, PA R+61
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Illinois State Board of 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.