Taylor Springs leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% Republican.
About 49% of adults in Taylor Springs typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Taylor Springs, ~20% vote Democratic, ~29% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Taylor Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Taylor Springs is the least Republican-leaning.
Taylor Springs runs about 32 points more Republican than Illinois as a whole. Illinois leans Democratic overall, while Taylor Springs is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Taylor Springs. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+46) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+4), a spread of about 42 points.
Why Taylor Springs 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 Taylor Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Taylor Springs votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 55%, well above the Illinois average of 33%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Taylor Springs sits in the bottom quarter (about 5%, in the bottom fraction of cities). Taylor Springs runs against the grain of Illinois, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a never-married-heavy adult population and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Taylor Springs, IL does.
Why turnout in Taylor Springs looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 79% of adults in Taylor Springs have completed high school, about 10 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Hillsboro, IL R+37
- Schram City, IL R+52
- Coffeen, IL R+52
- Butler, IL R+52
- Panama, IL R+51
- Irving, IL R+63
- Donnellson, IL R+49
- Walshville, IL R+54
- Litchfield, IL R+40
- Fillmore, IL R+56
Cities with Similar Populations
- Sylvan Lake, MI D+11
- Jones Creek, TX R+56
- Danbury, WI R+30
- Paul, ID R+67
- Wagner, SD R+19
- King William, VA R+41
- Montgomery, IN R+69
- Enterprise, OR R+12
- Ware, AL R+48
- Chatham, MA D+31
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Illinois State Board of 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.