Brooklyn-Centre leans heavily Democratic by roughly 32 points: about 66% of voters vote Democratic and 34% Republican.
About 36% of adults in Brooklyn-Centre typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Brooklyn-Centre, ~24% vote Democratic, ~12% Republican, and ~64% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Brooklyn-Centre compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Brooklyn-Centre leans more Democratic than 8 of 22 neighbors.
Brooklyn-Centre runs about 44 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Brooklyn-Centre is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Brooklyn-Centre. The southwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+39) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+23), a spread of about 16 points.
Why Brooklyn-Centre 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 Brooklyn-Centre, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Brooklyn-Centre live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. Brooklyn-Centre 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; Brooklyn-Centre, Cleveland, OH sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Brooklyn-Centre looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Brooklyn-Centre is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 44%, about 17 points below the Ohio average of 61%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 36% of adults in Brooklyn-Centre report food insecurity, above 90% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Brooklyn-Centre sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Clark-Fulton, Cleveland, OH D+30
- Stockyards, Cleveland, OH D+19
- Old Brooklyn, Cleveland, OH D+14
- Tremont, Cleveland, OH D+55
- Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland, OH D+59
- Detroit Shoreway, Cleveland, OH D+50
- West Boulevard, Cleveland, OH D+30
- Ukrainian Village, Parma, OH Even
- Cudell, Cleveland, OH D+37
- North Broadway, Cleveland, OH D+55
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Auburn, Cranston, RI D+18
- Meridian Park, Shoreline, WA D+43
- Morrell Park, Baltimore, MD D+22
- Kingsborough Ridge, San Antonio, TX D+18
- Periwinkle, Albany, OR R+5
- South Burlington North, South Burlington, VT D+36
- Aurora Knolls-Hutchinson Heights, Aurora, CO D+25
- Prattville, Chelsea, MA D+26
- Irvine Health and Science Complex, Irvine, CA D+23
- Mt. Park, Lake Oswego, OR D+52
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.