Barnesville Historic District is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 79% of adults in Barnesville Historic District typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Barnesville Historic District, ~19% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Barnesville Historic District compares
Barnesville Historic District runs about 41 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Barnesville Historic District leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Barnesville Historic District, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Barnesville Historic District, about 91% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the Ohio average of 23%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Barnesville Historic District sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 45%, below 89% of neighborhoods).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Barnesville Historic District, Barnesville, OH sits in the bottom quarter 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 Barnesville Historic District looks the way it does
Turnout in Barnesville Historic District sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Wheeling Avenue Historic District, Cambridge, OH R+29
- Marietta Historic District, Marietta, OH Even
- McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville, OH R+12
- Brighton Historic District, Zanesville, OH R+17
- Glenbrook, Vienna, WV R+29
- Beechwood, Parkersburg, WV R+25
- West Park, Canton, OH D+16
- The Boulevards, Canton, OH D+21
- Gibbs, Canton, OH D+33
- Colonial Heights, Canton, OH D+6
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Northmoor, Saginaw, MI D+20
- Roosevelt Gardens Area, Norfolk, VA R+8
- Westview Park, Woodlawn, MD D+57
- Piedmont Pines, Oakland, CA D+66
- Downtown, Superior, WI D+12
- Oakhurst, Charlotte, NC D+35
- Laurel, Oakland, CA D+70
- Irish Channel, New Orleans, LA D+62
- Mercer Heights, Mercer Island, WA D+48
- West Eugene, Eugene, OR D+53
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Ohio 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.