Talleyrand is a Republican stronghold. About 25% of voters here vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 92% of adults in Talleyrand typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Talleyrand, ~23% vote Democratic, ~69% Republican, and ~8% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Talleyrand compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Talleyrand leans more Republican than 41 of 52 neighbors.
Talleyrand runs about 37 points more Republican than Iowa as a whole.
Why Talleyrand 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 Talleyrand, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 82% of households in Talleyrand are family households, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Talleyrand, IA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Talleyrand looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 99% of adults in Talleyrand have completed high school, about 5 points above the Iowa average of 94%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in Talleyrand own their home, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Cities with Similar Populations
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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.