Stony Lonesome leans heavily Republican by roughly 38 points: about 31% of voters vote Democratic and 69% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Stony Lonesome typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Stony Lonesome, ~22% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Stony Lonesome compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Stony Lonesome leans more Republican than 6 of 81 neighbors.
Stony Lonesome runs about 19 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Stony Lonesome 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 Stony Lonesome, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 83% of households in Stony Lonesome are family households, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Stony Lonesome, IN 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 Stony Lonesome looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Stony Lonesome 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 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Burnsville, IN R+31
- Gnaw Bone, IN R+41
- Garden City, IN R+46
- Pikes Peak, IN R+51
- Columbus, IN R+25
- Mount Healthy, IN R+58
- Sweetwater Lake, IN R+46
- Rosstown, IN R+58
- Nashville, IN R+38
- Taylorsville, IN R+53
Cities with Similar Populations
- Everton, IN R+63
- Tatnic, ME R+23
- Jamestown, MO R+66
- Blount Springs, AL R+75
- Grover Hill, OH R+67
- Enid, MS R+62
- Llano, CA R+19
- Ponakin Mill, MA D+16
- Harris, MI R+25
- Nabob, WI R+36
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.