Belknap is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Belknap typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Belknap, ~8% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Belknap compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Belknap leans more Republican than 167 of 176 neighbors.
Belknap runs about 70 points more Republican than Pennsylvania as a whole.
Why Belknap 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 Belknap, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Belknap, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 15 points below the Pennsylvania average of 26%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Belknap are family households, above 79% of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with low high-school-completion share tend to turn out at a lower rate; Belknap, PA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Belknap looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 86% of adults in Belknap have completed high school, below 78% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Echo, PA R+68
- Putneyville, PA R+69
- Dayton, PA R+69
- Bryan, PA R+62
- Eddyville, PA R+72
- Seminole, PA R+67
- Deanville, PA R+68
- Yatesboro, PA R+59
- West Valley, PA R+67
- Nu Mine, PA R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- Dibbletown, NY R+38
- Unity, GA R+79
- Hadar, NE R+76
- Hopper, IL R+34
- Mystic, KY R+62
- Roundhead, OH R+68
- Gladwin, IA R+44
- Luis Lopez, NM R+8
- Bellmore, IN R+58
- Spring Lake, WI R+35
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau 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.