Brookline Village Commercial District is a Democratic stronghold. About 88% of voters here vote Democratic and 12% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Brookline Village Commercial District typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Brookline Village Commercial District, ~59% vote Democratic, ~8% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Brookline Village Commercial District compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Brookline Village Commercial District leans more Democratic than 44 of 52 neighbors.
Brookline Village Commercial District runs about 51 points more Democratic than Massachusetts as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Brookline Village Commercial District. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+82) and the northwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+71), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Brookline Village Commercial 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 Brookline Village Commercial District, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 85% of adults in Brookline Village Commercial District hold a bachelor's degree, about 56 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 47% of adults in Brookline Village Commercial District have never been married, above 77% of neighborhoods.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Brookline Village Commercial District, Brookline, MA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Brookline Village Commercial District looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Brookline Village Commercial District 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 77%, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Brookline Village, Brookline, MA D+74
- Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA D+70
- Washington Square, Brookline, MA D+72
- North Brookline, Brookline, MA D+69
- Allston-Brighton, Brighton, MA D+63
- Fenway-Kenmore, Boston, MA D+67
- Roxbury, Boston, MA D+65
- Cambridgeport, Cambridge, MA D+77
- Nubian Square, Boston, MA D+65
- MIT, Cambridge, MA D+70
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Merriman Valley, Akron, OH D+31
- Roseville, San Diego, CA D+30
- West Central, Spokane, WA D+32
- Rancho del Rey, Chula Vista, CA D+15
- Mustang-Padre Island, Corpus Christi, TX R+38
- Roosevelt-San Francisco, Redwood City, CA D+54
- Sunbeam, Jacksonville, FL R+11
- Longfellow, Emeryville, CA D+80
- North Center, Chicago, IL D+67
- Washington, Huntington Beach, CA D+5
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 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.