Center Street Historic District leans Republican by roughly 22 points: about 39% of voters vote Democratic and 61% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Center Street Historic District typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Center Street Historic District, ~25% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Center Street Historic District compares
Center Street Historic District runs about 12 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Center Street Historic District. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+36) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+18), a spread of about 18 points.
Why Center Street 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 Center Street Historic District, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Center Street Historic District, about 88% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below 69% of neighborhoods.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Center Street Historic District, Ashland, OH sits below the national average on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Center Street Historic District looks the way it does
Turnout in Center Street Historic District sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Downtown Ashland, Ashland, OH R+32
- Shelby Center Historic District, Shelby, OH R+43
- Wooster Public Square Historic District, Wooster, OH R+16
- Medina Public Square Historic District, Medina, OH R+8
- West Main Street Historic District, Norwalk, OH R+28
- North Main Historic District, Mount Vernon, OH R+36
- Bucyrus Commercial Historical District, Bucyrus, OH R+40
- Downtown Elyria, Elyria, OH D+15
- Austin Estates, Barberton, OH R+6
- South Lorain, Lorain, OH D+21
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Indian Village, Lincoln, NE D+32
- Nob Hill, Albuquerque, NM D+72
- Holiday Park, Palm Bay, FL R+9
- Carthage, Cincinnati, OH D+34
- Hunterwood, Houston, TX D+28
- East Columbus, Columbus, IN R+21
- Highland Park, Grand Rapids, MI D+38
- London Historic District, London, OH R+31
- Ortega Farms, Jacksonville, FL D+11
- Van Wyck Brooks Historic District, Plainfield, NJ D+58
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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.