Stapleton is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 83% of adults in Stapleton typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Stapleton, ~8% vote Democratic, ~75% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Stapleton compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Stapleton leans more Republican than 1 of 3 neighbors.
Stapleton runs about 60 points more Republican than Nebraska as a whole.
Why Stapleton 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 Stapleton, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Stapleton are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Stapleton, NE sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Stapleton looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Stapleton 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 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Stapleton have completed high school, above 82% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Arnold, NE R+76
- Tryon, NE R+82
- Maxwell, NE R+75
- North Platte, NE R+39
- Halsey, NE R+79
- Brady, NE R+70
- Callaway, NE R+72
- Hershey, NE R+71
- Anselmo, NE R+73
Cities with Similar Populations
- Richmond Center, OH R+55
- Simms, MT R+64
- Piedmont, VA R+57
- Speculator, NY R+39
- Brockton, PA R+53
- Brookford, NC R+26
- Hornick, IA R+60
- Squantum, NH R+4
- Fetterman, WV R+53
- Flasher, ND R+73
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Nebraska 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.