Brooklyn Heights leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.
About 77% of adults in Brooklyn Heights typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Brooklyn Heights, ~35% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Brooklyn Heights compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Brooklyn Heights leans more Republican than 80 of 117 neighbors.
Politically, Brooklyn Heights sits close to the rest of Ohio.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Brooklyn Heights. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+9) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (R+15), a spread of about 24 points.
Why Brooklyn Heights 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 Brooklyn Heights, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Brooklyn Heights votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 94%, far above the Ohio average of 34%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Brooklyn Heights, OH sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Brooklyn Heights looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Brooklyn Heights 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in Brooklyn Heights own their home, compared to around 73% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Brooklyn Heights have completed high school, above 88% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Cuyahoga Heights, OH R+22
- Seven Hills, OH R+10
- Newburgh Heights, OH D+16
- Parma, OH R+4
- Independence, OH R+17
- Brooklyn, OH D+5
- Garfield Heights, OH D+52
- Cleveland, OH D+13
- Valley View, OH R+23
- Parma Heights, OH D+3
Cities with Similar Populations
- Readyville, TN R+65
- Evensville, TN R+71
- Candia, NH R+16
- Richmond, ME R+13
- Threemile Corner, ID R+64
- Sharpsburg, NC R+7
- Goodfellow Afb, TX R+25
- Loon Lake, WA R+40
- Kure Beach, NC R+12
- Enterprise, UT R+75
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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.