Cold Spring leans heavily Republican by roughly 46 points: about 27% of voters vote Democratic and 73% Republican.
About 83% of adults in Cold Spring typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cold Spring, ~22% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cold Spring compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cold Spring leans more Republican than 50 of 117 neighbors.
Cold Spring runs about 45 points more Republican than Pennsylvania as a whole.
Why Cold Spring 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 Cold Spring, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 93% of residents in Cold Spring drive to work alone, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Cold Spring are family households, above 92% of cities.
Renting and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Cold Spring, PA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Cold Spring looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Cold Spring 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 96% of households in Cold Spring own their home, compared to around 77% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Cold Spring have completed high school, above 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Fayetteville, PA R+40
- Mainsville, PA R+58
- Caledonia Park, PA R+45
- Scotland, PA R+37
- Cleversburg, PA R+55
- Chambersburg, PA R+26
- South Mountain, PA R+62
- Pinola, PA R+51
- Mont Alto, PA R+46
- Shippensburg, PA R+31
Cities with Similar Populations
- Doncaster, MD R+18
- Falling Water, TN R+41
- Apple Valley, UT R+65
- Lowry, MN R+43
- Mark, IL R+29
- Harpertown, WV R+56
- Belton, KY R+64
- Ballico, CA R+39
- Ridott, IL R+44
- Coalton, OH R+63
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of 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.