Clark-Fulton, Cleveland, OH Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Clark-Fulton

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Clark-Fulton leans Democratic by roughly 30 points: about 65% of voters vote Democratic and 35% Republican.

 

About 32% of adults in Clark-Fulton typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Clark-Fulton, ~21% vote Democratic, ~11% Republican, and ~68% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Clark-Fulton compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Clark-Fulton leans more Democratic than 6 of 21 neighbors.

Clark-Fulton runs about 41 points more Democratic than Ohio as a whole. Ohio leans Republican overall, while Clark-Fulton is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Clark-Fulton. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+34) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+21), a spread of about 13 points.

Why Clark-Fulton 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 Clark-Fulton, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Clark-Fulton live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 47% of adults in Clark-Fulton have never been married, above 76% of neighborhoods. Clark-Fulton runs against the grain of Ohio, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Paved land cover and Democratic lean

Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Clark-Fulton, Cleveland, OH sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Clark-Fulton looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Clark-Fulton 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 43%, about 18 points below the Ohio average of 61%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 41% of adults in Clark-Fulton report food insecurity, above 94% of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 71% of adults in Clark-Fulton have completed high school, below 94% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.