Brighton Historic District leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.
About 51% of adults in Brighton Historic District typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Brighton Historic District, ~21% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~49% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Brighton Historic District compares
Brighton Historic District runs about 6 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Brighton Historic District. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+51) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+7), a spread of about 44 points.
Why Brighton 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 Brighton Historic District, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 83% of residents in Brighton Historic District drive to work alone, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Brighton Historic District sits in the bottom quarter (about 9%, below 94% of neighborhoods).
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Brighton Historic District, Zanesville, 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 Brighton Historic District looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 78% of adults in Brighton Historic District have completed high school, about 12 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville, OH R+12
- Hudson Avenue Historic District, Newark, OH R+24
- Wheeling Avenue Historic District, Cambridge, OH R+29
- Granville Historic District, Granville, OH Even
- Lancaster Historic District, Lancaster, OH R+15
- North Main Historic District, Mount Vernon, OH R+36
- East Broad, Black Lick, OH D+33
- Brice-Tussing, Columbus, OH D+46
- Southeast, Canal Winchester, OH D+33
- Olde Orchard, Columbus, OH D+35
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Settlers Landing, Jacksonville, FL R+7
- Park Shore, Naples, FL R+25
- Friends of Ridgecrest, Largo, FL D+18
- Beacon Hill, San Antonio, TX D+43
- Sardis Forest, Charlotte, NC Even
- West End, New Orleans, LA D+4
- Downtown South San Francisco, South San Francisco, CA D+46
- Summerville, Augusta, GA D+14
- Bethany, Mountain House, CA D+12
- Military, Buffalo, NY D+33
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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.