Edwards Hill, NY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Edwards Hill

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

Edwards Hill leans slightly Republican by roughly 14 points: about 43% of voters vote Democratic and 57% Republican.

 

About 80% of adults in Edwards Hill typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Edwards Hill, ~34% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~20% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Edwards Hill compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Edwards Hill leans more Republican than 14 of 41 neighbors.

Edwards Hill runs about 27 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Edwards Hill is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Why Edwards Hill 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 Edwards Hill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Edwards Hill live in densely developed areas, about 33 points below the New York average of 36%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Edwards Hill are family households, above 76% of cities. Edwards Hill runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Edwards Hill, NY sits in the bottom 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 Edwards Hill looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Edwards Hill 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 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in Edwards Hill own their home, compared to around 83% in nearby cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from New York State Board 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.