Berlin is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Berlin typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Berlin, ~7% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Berlin compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Berlin leans more Republican than 86 of 94 neighbors.
Berlin runs about 62 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Berlin 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 Berlin, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Berlin, 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 13 points below the Ohio average of 23%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 89% of households in Berlin are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Berlin, OH sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Berlin looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Berlin is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 21% of adults in Berlin report food insecurity, above 83% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 44% of adults in Berlin have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.