Tell City, IN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Tell City

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Tell City leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.

 

About 73% of adults in Tell City typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Tell City, ~25% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Tell City compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Tell City leans more Republican than 1 of 90 neighbors.

Tell City runs about 13 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Tell City. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+45) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+24), a spread of about 20 points.

Why Tell City 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 Tell City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 87% of residents in Tell City drive to work alone, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 74%.

Paved land cover and Democratic lean

Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Tell City, IN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Tell City looks the way it does

Turnout in Tell City sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.