Stiles is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 87% of adults in Stiles typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Stiles, ~16% vote Democratic, ~71% Republican, and ~13% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Stiles compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Stiles leans more Republican than 26 of 43 neighbors.
Stiles runs about 50 points more Republican than Iowa as a whole.
Why Stiles 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 Stiles, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 9% of adults in Stiles hold a bachelor's degree, about 15 points below the Iowa average of 24%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Stiles sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 80% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 89% of households in Stiles are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Stiles, IA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Stiles looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Stiles 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 91% of households in Stiles own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Iowa 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.