Boiling Springs leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.
About 92% of adults in Boiling Springs typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Boiling Springs, ~35% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~8% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Boiling Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Boiling Springs leans more Republican than 33 of 142 neighbors.
Boiling Springs runs about 22 points more Republican than Pennsylvania as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Boiling Springs. The south side is the most Republican-leaning (R+37) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+14), a spread of about 23 points.
Why Boiling Springs 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 Boiling Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Boiling Springs votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 30%, about 6 points below the U.S. average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Boiling Springs are family households, above 86% of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Boiling Springs, PA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Boiling Springs looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Boiling Springs 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 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Boiling Springs have completed high school, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Upper Mill, PA R+43
- Mount Holly Springs, PA R+29
- Carlisle, PA R+8
- Dillsburg, PA R+35
- New Kingstown, PA R+14
- Franklintown, PA R+45
- Grantham, PA D+22
- Middlesex, PA R+30
- Schlusser, PA R+19
- Toland, PA R+40
Cities with Similar Populations
- Brush, CO R+36
- Jasper, TN R+62
- Harrisville, RI R+18
- Marshall, IL R+47
- San Martin, CA R+4
- Ingram, TX R+59
- Atkins, AR R+65
- Bethel, AK D+13
- Pocomoke City, MD D+8
- Mattydale, NY D+5
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.