Woodruff is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Woodruff typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Woodruff, ~10% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Woodruff compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Woodruff leans more Republican than 72 of 75 neighbors.
Woodruff runs about 47 points more Republican than Indiana as a whole.
Why Woodruff 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 Woodruff, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 12% of adults in Woodruff hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the Indiana average of 22%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Woodruff are family households, above 93% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Woodruff, IN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Woodruff looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Woodruff is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 4% of homes in Woodruff have more than one occupant per room, above 82% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 67% of adults in Woodruff have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Mount Pisgah, IN R+59
- Indianola, IN R+58
- Wolcottville, IN R+58
- Shady Nook, IN R+58
- South Milford, IN R+55
- Plato, IN R+65
- Lagrange, IN R+55
- Valentine, IN R+63
- Witmer Manor, IN R+61
- Rome City, IN R+55
Cities with Similar Populations
- Fulda, IN R+42
- Floralhill, GA R+47
- Centerville, NC R+45
- Redwine, KY R+68
- Redbird, WY R+90
- Claquato, WA R+27
- Clementson, MN R+36
- Prairie, ID R+55
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.