Bentleyville, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Bentleyville

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

Bentleyville leans Democratic by roughly 20 points: about 60% of voters vote Democratic and 40% Republican.

 

About 97% of adults in Bentleyville typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bentleyville, ~58% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~3% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Bentleyville compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Bentleyville leans more Democratic than 98 of 127 neighbors.

Bentleyville runs about 31 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Bentleyville is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Bentleyville. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+24) and the north side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+12), a spread of about 11 points.

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 70% of adults in Bentleyville hold a bachelor's degree, about 42 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Bentleyville sits in the top fifth on density (about 58%, above 89% of cities). Bentleyville runs against the grain of Ohio, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Bentleyville, OH sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Bentleyville looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Bentleyville is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 78%, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Bentleyville own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Bentleyville have completed high school, above 98% of cities. 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 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.