Story leans heavily Republican by roughly 38 points: about 31% of voters vote Democratic and 69% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Story typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Story, ~21% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Story compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Story leans more Republican than 11 of 82 neighbors.
Story runs about 19 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Story 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 Story, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Story sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 9 points above the Indiana average of 88%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Story, IN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Story looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Story 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 63%, above 57% of cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Story have completed high school, above 80% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Pikes Peak, IN R+51
- Nashville, IN R+38
- Elkinsville, IN R+54
- Belmont, IN R+35
- Gnaw Bone, IN R+41
- Houston, IN R+67
- Freetown, IN R+60
- Mount Healthy, IN R+58
- Stony Lonesome, IN R+38
Cities with Similar Populations
- Selbyville, WV R+69
- Scarce Grease, AL R+80
- Flomot, TX R+86
- Seven Rivers, NM R+75
- Glendale, IL R+58
- Peacock, TX R+72
- San Jose, AZ R+47
- Wesco, MO R+67
- Oak Point, NY R+39
- Obernburg, NY R+15
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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.